Emotional Communication between Remote Couples: Exploring the Design of Wearable Ambient Displays

Hong Li; Pradthana Jarusriboonchai; Heiko Müller; Emmi Harjuniemi; Jonna Häkkilä

doi:10.1145/3419249.3420139

Emotional Communication between Remote Couples: Exploring the Design of Wearable Ambient Displays

Hong Li, Pradthana Jarusriboonchai, Heiko Müller, Emmi Harjuniemi, Jonna Häkkilä

Faculty of Art and Design

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Abstract

We explore the potential of limited vocabulary wearable ambient displays and their preferred characteristics in communicating intimacy between couples at a distance. The research comprises two studies: a co-design workshop and a field study of the design concepts generated from the co-design workshops using low-fidelity prototypes. Our findings reveal that wearable ambient displays could potentially help to increase awareness and emotional connections between couples. A limited vocabulary display is considered as a complementary channel to a smartphone, supporting the communication of subtle and lightweight messages that the sender does not necessarily expect a response to. From the user studies, we identify the preferred characteristics, as well as the potential and challenges of low vocabulary wearable ambient displays.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 11th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction
Subtitle of host publication	Shaping Experiences, Shaping Society
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	ACM
Pages	1-5
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4503-7579-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3419249.3420139
Publication status	Published - Oct 2020
MoEC publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Shaping Experiences, Shaping Society - Tallinna, Estonia Duration: 25 Oct 2020 → 29 Oct 2020 Conference number: 11 https://nordichi2020.org/#/

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Conference	Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction
Abbreviated title	NordiCHI '18
Country/Territory	Estonia
City	Tallinna
Period	25.10.2020 → 29.10.2020
Internet address	https://nordichi2020.org/#/

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ambient displays
co-design
emotional communication
intimacy
remote couples
wearables

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Visual arts and design

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Li, H, Jarusriboonchai, P, Müller, H, Harjuniemi, E & Häkkilä, J 2020, Emotional Communication between Remote Couples: Exploring the Design of Wearable Ambient Displays. in Proceedings of the 11th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Shaping Experiences, Shaping Society ., 34, ACM , New York, pp. 1-5, Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, Tallinna, Estonia, 25.10.2020. https://doi.org/10.1145/3419249.3420139

Emotional Communication between Remote Couples: Exploring the Design of Wearable Ambient Displays. / Li, Hong; Jarusriboonchai, Pradthana; Müller, Heiko et al.
Proceedings of the 11th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Shaping Experiences, Shaping Society . New York: ACM , 2020. p. 1-5 34.

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