Emoballoon : ソーシャルタッチインタラクションのための柔らかな風船型インタフェース(<特集>アート&エンタテインメント3)

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People often communicate with others using social touch interactions including hugging, rubbing, and punching. We propose a soft social-touchable interface called "Emoballoon" that can recognize the types of social touch interactions. The proposed interface consists of a balloon and some sensors including a barometric pressure sensor inside of a balloon, and has a soft surface and ability to detect the force of the touch input. In this paper, we evaluate physical features of a balloon and its appropriateness as a form of interface to input social touch interactions. We construct the prototype of Emoballoon using a simple configuration based on the features of a balloon, and evaluate the implemented prototype. The evaluation indicates that our implementation can distinguish seven types of touch interactions with 83.5% accuracy. Finally, we discuss possibilities and future applications of the balloon-made interface.
日本バーチャルリアリティ学会の論文
2013-09-30