HugMe: synchronous haptic teleconferencing

Traditional teleconferencing systems have enabled remote communications via audiovisual modalities. However, in real life, human touch such as encouraging pat plays a fundamental role to physical and emotional communication between persons. This paper presents a synchronous haptic teleconferencing system with touch interaction to convey affection and intimacy. We present a preliminary prototype called HugMe. In this system, two remote users could see as well as touch each other. Keywords Teleconferencing, haptics

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2009
• Where: MM
• Authors: Jongeun Cha, Mohamad A. Eid, Ahmad Barghout, A. S. M. Mahfujur Rahman, Abdulmotaleb El-Saddik
• Keywords: Human Touch, MM 2009, Multimedia, Synchronous Haptic Teleconferencing, Traditional Teleconferencing Systems