Title :
iFeel_IM!: Augmenting Emotions during Online Communication
Author :
Tsetserukou, D. ; Neviarouskaya, A.
Author_Institution :
Toyohashi Univ. of Technol., Toyohashi, Japan
Abstract :
The iFeel_IM! system employs six haptic devices and visual stimulation to augment the emotions experienced during online conversations. The Web extra is a video that shows the authors´ system, iFeel_IM!, which employs haptic devices and visual stimulation to convey and augment the emotions experienced during online conversations.
Keywords :
emotion recognition; haptic interfaces; social networking (online); Web extra; emotion augmentation; haptic device; iFeel_IM; instant messaging; online communication; visual stimulation; Animation; Avatars; Haptic interfaces; Humans; Second Life; Visualization; Second Life; affect recognition; affective haptics; affective user interfaces; avatars; computer graphics; emotional telepresence; emotions; graphics and multimedia; haptics; human-computer interaction;
Journal_Title :
Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MCG.2010.88