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Touch-ting: Sharing Touches Remotely Using Tangible Computing
Journal
ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
Date Issued
2021-11-19
Author(s)
Lokesh Kumar, L. K.
Shandilya, Jribh
Gahlot, Arshiya
Abstract
As physical distances between people have increased due to the pandemic, some of the most popular and widespread ways to 'connect' people remotely, namely audio/video calling and texting, are able to satisfy the auditory and visual sensories but fall short on a very crucial front- being able to communicate the intimate feeling of touch. In this paper we looked at some of the explorations done in the field of touch and haptics. We propose an affective interaction method called "Touch-ting"that shares the feeling of touch remotely. To achieve this, we designed and prototyped a device which replicates the feeling of a finger sliding across the skin.
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