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Advances in Affective and Pleasurable Design
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Advances in Affective and Pleasurable Design

by Yong Gu Ji
July 2012
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
788 pages
45h 47m
English
CRC Press
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CHAPTER 74
Affective Interactions:
Developing a Framework to
Enable Meaningful Haptic
Interactions over
Geographic Distance
Martina Balestra, Caroline G. L. Cao
Tufts University
Medford, MA
ABSTRACT
{Balestra.Martina, Cao.Caroline}@gmail.com
Affective haptics describes the physical experience of connecting emotionally
with another person. Research on affective haptics and its application is sparse, so a
framework comprised of the affective components of touch as well as their sensory
scales is needed as the foundation for a reference tool to inform interaction
designers. Such a framework requires first understanding which gestures and
emotions are relevant followed by the structure of the relationship between gestures ...
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ISBN: 9781439871188