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CHI
2006
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
The comforting presence of relational agents
In this paper we describe an on-going experiment on the calming effects of a relational agent on users following a social bonding interaction. Applications to a range of health ca...
Timothy W. Bickmore, Daniel Schulman
CHI
2003
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
Intuitive visualizations for presence and recency information for ambient displays
The Semi-Public Displays project utilizes public displays to assist in the interactions of small groups. This paper describes a set of visualizations for presence information of g...
Jaroslav Tyman, Elaine M. Huang
VR
2010
IEEE
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13 years 2 months ago
Relating conversational expressiveness to social presence and acceptance of an assistive social robot
Exploring the relationship between social presence, conversational expressiveness, and robot acceptance, we set up an experiment with a robot in an eldercare institution, comparing...
Marcel Heerink, Ben J. A. Kröse, Vanessa Ever...
AUIC
2006
IEEE
13 years 10 months ago
Garment-based body sensing using foam sensors
Wearable technology is omnipresent to the user. Thus, it has the potential to be significantly disruptive to the user’s daily life. Context awareness and intuitive device interf...
Lucy E. Dunne, Sarah Brady, Richard Tynan, Kim Lau...