The Virtual Touch Toolkit: An Interactive Media Mobile Application for Promoting Well-Being through Affective and Social Touch

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Beitragende

  • Ali Najm - , Cyprus University of Technology, CYENS Centre of Excellence (Autor:in)
  • Christos Hadjipanayi - , Cyprus University of Technology (Autor:in)
  • Despina Michael-Grigoriou - , Cyprus University of Technology, CYENS Centre of Excellence (Autor:in)
  • Domna Banakou - , Universitat de Barcelona (Autor:in)
  • Francis McGlone - , Liverpool John Moores University, University of Liverpool (UOL) (Autor:in)
  • Merle Fairhurst - , Universität der Bundeswehr München, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) (Autor:in)

Abstract

The 'Virtual Touch Toolkit' is the exergame bundle of a newly developed smartphone application for mental health. The primary aim of the exercises is to promote self-discovery by focusing on social, affective touch. The necessity of acknowledging the undervalued properties of affective touch in this day and age is more important than ever as a global pandemic is provoking societal changes that are predicted to be detrimental to our mutual need for affective touch. The toolkit comprises multiple features and sets of exercises, which are designed to stimulate the user's oxytocinergic and reward systems while offering educational insights on affective touch.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Titel2022 International Conference on Interactive Media, Smart Systems and Emerging Technologies, IMET 2022 - Proceedings
Herausgeber (Verlag)Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Seiten1-4
ISBN (elektronisch)9781665470162
ISBN (Print)978-1-6654-7017-9
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 2022
Peer-Review-StatusJa
Extern publiziertJa

Publikationsreihe

ReiheInternational Conference on Interactive Media, Smart Systems and Emerging Technologies (IMET)

Konferenz

Titel2nd International Conference on Interactive Media, Smart Systems and Emerging Technologies, IMET 2022
Dauer4 - 7 Oktober 2022
StadtLimassol
LandZypern

Externe IDs

ORCID /0000-0001-6540-5891/work/150883520

Schlagworte

Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung

Schlagwörter

  • affective touch, COVID-19, gamification, health technologies, mobile media, neurology, social distancing, well-being