Internet of Touch How affective haptics feel, and make you feel

Human Media Interaction

Gijs Huisman Christian Willemse Iskander Smitinfo.nlUniversity of Twente

& TNOUniversity of Twente

@_Gijs @Iskandr@CJAMWillemse

Program

10:30 Workshop introduction

11:00 Demo

11:20 Introduction to design exercise

11:35 Design affective haptics

12:05 Present and discuss

Warm

Sweaty

Awkward

Warm Sweaty Awkward

Discriminative

Social

Touch and development

Touch, care and wellbeing

Midas touch effect

How does touch work exactly?

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Haptic perception

Cutaneous system

Kinesthetic sytem

Cutaneous system

Thermoreceptors

Nociceptors

Mechanoreceptors

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Mechanoreceptors

Merkel SA1 Meisner FA1

Ruffini SA2

Pacini FA2

Location Movement Vibration Skin stretch

CT afferents

Mechanoreceptors

Slow stroking motion

Löken et al. (2009)

Communicating emotions through touch

Sympathy

Anger

Sympathy

Disgust

Love

Sympathy

Anger

Anger

Sympathy

Disgust

Love

Anger

Anger 59* Hitting, squeezing, Fear 51* Trembling, squeezing, Happiness 38 Swinging,

shaking, liftingSadness 35 Stroking, squeezing, Disgust 83* Pushing, lifting,

tappingSurprise 24 Squeezing, lifting, shakingEmbarrassment 18 Shaking,

tapping, Envy 21 Pulling, lifting, strokingPride 25 Shaking, lifting,

squeezingLove 62* Stroking, finger interlock, Gratitude 66* Shaking, lifting, squeezingSympathy 57* Patting, stroking,

Hertenstein et al. (2006)

Touch is vital to us

Touch is a complex sense

Touch has rich effects

Apple’s

Digital Touch

Mediated social touch

Aduén Darriba Frederiks Gijs Huisman

Vibrotactile stroking

Löken et al. (2009)

Thomas Beelen Robert Blaauboer Noraly Bovenmars Bob Loos Lukas Zielonka

Distributed rope pulling

Elastic-band force feedback

Remote touch force feedback

Stronger feeling of being in the same space

Stronger empathic feelings (other’s emotions)

Stronger influence on one’s own emotions

Remote touch force feedback

Actuator is not stimulus

We can touch through technology

Touching through technology

affects us

Demo Feel some haptics

Introduction to design exercise

CASA

Computers Are Social Actors

https://vimeo.com/71094353

Touching virtual agent

technical demo

Touching virtual agents

Jan Kolkmeier

Touching virtual

agents

Touching agent is “warmer”

Calming robotic touch

A not very calming robotic touch

CASA: virtual agents, social robots

Agents and robots can touch

Agent and robot touch can affect us*

Context is important

Social touch (through

technology) as a design

method for haptic wearables.

Design exercise

Design an interaction with an app for a haptic wearable.

Use paper, post-its, markers for sketching the interaction.

Design affective haptics: use hardware kits for prototyping

But also think about: warmth, force, texture, etc.

CASA: social touch and haptics

Who touches?What is the role/function of the app?

Why touch? What is the function of the touch?

How is the touch applied?What is felt? Duration, intensity, etc.

Where on the body? Socially acceptable, intimate, etc.

What is the context? Private, on the go, etc.

Some suggestions

Affective haptic calendar notifications

Social touch integrated in social media

Enrich touching storytelling/audiobooks

Siri/voice assistant that touches

Coaching with motivational (midas?) touch

Tips

How would you express this using real touch?

Can you use the kits to communicate emotions?

Share your findings and discuss

Thanks!

Human Media Interaction