Abstract
There is a growing body of work in HCI on the design of communication technologies to help support lovers in long distance relationships. We build upon this work by presenting an exploratory study of hand-holding prototypes. Our work distinguishes itself by basing distance communication metaphors on elements of familiar, simple co-located behaviours. We argue that the combined evocative power of unique co-created physical representations of the absent other can be used by separated lovers to generate powerful and positive experiences, in turn sustaining romantic connections at a distance.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | UIST '12 Proceedings of the 25th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology. Proceedings |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery |
| Pages | 157-166 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781450315807 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2012 |
| Event | Proceedings of the UIST2012: 25th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology - Cambridge, MA, USA United States Duration: 7 Oct 2012 → 10 Oct 2012 |
Conference
| Conference | Proceedings of the UIST2012: 25th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology |
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| Country/Territory | USA United States |
| City | Cambridge, MA |
| Period | 7/10/12 → 10/10/12 |
Keywords
- social presence
- interaction design