Investigating the Design Space of Affective Touch on the Forearm Area

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Abstract

Affective touch, which involves slow, gentle mechanical stimulation of the skin, is drawing interest from the Human-Computer Interaction community in recent years. Stroking, the most common form of affective touch, is strongly related to emotional responses and has been proven beneficial for interventing and mitigating anxiety. This has led to a growing need for developing wearable stroking devices. In our study, we first presented a custom-built forearm-worn interface. We then explored the design parameters for stroking devices, focusing on 2 factors: (1) the form factors (shape / material) of the end effector contacted directly with the skin, and (2) the stroking distance, respectively.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Publication statusPublished - 13 Oct 2024
Peer-reviewedYes

Conference

Title37th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology
Abbreviated titleUIST 2024
Conference number37
Duration13 - 16 October 2024
Degree of recognitionInternational event
LocationWestin Hotel
CityPittsburgh
CountryUnited States of America

External IDs

ORCID /0000-0002-0803-8818/work/170582686
Scopus 85211489897

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Keywords

  • Affective touch, Haptic device design, Human-Computer Interaction, Wearable computing