This workshop was on haptic interactions and the internet of touch. How this can be used in social mediated interactions. ThingsCon Amsterdam 2015 was held at Volkshotel December 4, 2015

1. Internet of Touch
How affective haptics feel, and make you feel
Human Media Interaction

2. Gijs Huisman Christian Willemse Iskander Smit
info.nlUniversity of Twente
& TNO
University of Twente
@_Gijs @Iskandr@CJAMWillemse

3. Program
10:30 Workshop introduction
11:00 Demo
11:20 Introduction to design exercise
11:35 Design affective haptics
12:05 Present and discuss

5. Warm

6. Sweaty

7. Awkward

8. Warm
Sweaty
Awkward
Discriminative
Social

9. Touch and
development

10. Touch, care and
wellbeing

11. Midas touch
effect

12. How does touch work exactly?
?

13. Haptic perception
Cutaneous
system
Kinesthetic
sytem

14. Cutaneous system
Thermoreceptors
Nociceptors
Mechanoreceptors
=
+
+

15. Mechanoreceptors
MerkelSA1 MeisnerFA1
RuffiniSA2
PaciniFA2
Location
Movement
Vibration
Skin stretch

16. CT afferents
Mechanoreceptors
Slow stroking motion

17. Löken et al. (2009)

18. Communicating
emotions through touch

20. Sympathy

22. Anger
Sympathy
Disgust
Love

23. Sympathy

25. Anger

27. Anger
Sympathy
Disgust
Love

28. Anger

29. 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)

30. Touch is vital to us
Touch is a complex sense
Touch has rich effects

32. Apple’s
Digital Touch

33. Mediated social touch

34. Aduén Darriba Frederiks
Gijs Huisman

35. Vibrotactile stroking

36. Löken et al. (2009)

37. Thomas Beelen
Robert Blaauboer
Noraly Bovenmars
Bob Loos
Lukas Zielonka
Distributed rope pulling

41. Elastic-band
force feedback
Remote touch
force feedback

42. 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

43. Actuator is not stimulus
We can touch through technology
Touching through technology
affects us

44. Demo
Feel some haptics

45. Introduction to design exercise

46. CASA
Computers Are Social Actors

50. https://vimeo.com/71094353
Touching virtual agent
technical demo

51. Touching virtual agents

52. Jan Kolkmeier
Touching virtual
agents

55. Touching agent is “warmer”

56. Calming robotic touch

58. A not very calming robotic touch

59. CASA: virtual agents, social robots
Agents and robots can touch
Agent and robot touch can affect us*
Context is important

61. Social touch (through
technology) as a design
method for haptic wearables.

62. 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.

63. 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.

65. 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

66. Tips
How would you express this using real touch?
Can you use the kits to communicate emotions?

67. Share your findings and discuss

68. Thanks!
Human Media Interaction