Connected Candles As Peripheral Emotional User Interface

Jonna Häkkilä; Hong Li; Saara Koskinen; Ashley Colley

doi:10.1145/3282894.3282909

Connected Candles As Peripheral Emotional User Interface

Jonna Häkkilä, Hong Li, Saara Koskinen, Ashley Colley

Faculty of Art and Design

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Abstract

We present Connected Candles, a peripheral aesthetic display for creating awareness and connecting people in long distance relationships (LDRs). The system consists of a pair of candle stands, which each include two candles, one being a real candle and the other electronic. The candle stands are placed at different locations, and are connected over the Internet such that lighting the real candle illuminates the electronic candle at the distant location. We present the concept's design, prototype, and its evaluation in a focus group based user study. Our findings illustrate the potential for using candles as a peripheral user interface to mediate emotional communication between couples in long-distance relationships.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	MUM '18
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the17th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia
Editors	Slim Abdennadher , Florian Alt
Place of Publication	New York, NY, USA
Publisher	ACM
Pages	327-333
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4503-6594-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3282894.3282909
Publication status	Published - 2018
MoEC publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia : 19th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia - Essen, Germany Duration: 22 Nov 2020 → 25 Nov 2020 Conference number: 19 http://www.mum-conf.org/2020/

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Series	MUM 2018

Conference

Conference	International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia
Abbreviated title	MUM '18
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Essen
Period	22.11.2020 → 25.11.2020
Internet address	http://www.mum-conf.org/2020/

Keywords

Emotional communication, LDR, ambient communication, candles, ephemeral user interfaces, fire, long-distance relationships, materiality, peripheral displays, tangible user interfaces, user experience

Field of science

Visual arts and design

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Häkkilä, J, Li, H, Koskinen, S & Colley, A 2018, Connected Candles As Peripheral Emotional User Interface. in S Abdennadher & F Alt (eds), MUM '18: Proceedings of the17th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia. ACM , New York, NY, USA, MUM 2018, pp. 327-333, International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia , Essen, Germany, 22.11.2020. https://doi.org/10.1145/3282894.3282909

Connected Candles As Peripheral Emotional User Interface. / Häkkilä, Jonna; Li, Hong; Koskinen, Saara et al.
MUM '18: Proceedings of the17th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia. ed. / Slim Abdennadher ; Florian Alt. New York, NY, USA: ACM , 2018. p. 327-333 (MUM 2018).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review

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