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Self touch to touch others : designing the tactile sleeve for social touch

Year: 2013

Type: article

Abstract: ACM In this paper we present the concept and initial design stages of the TaSST (Tactile Sleeve for Social Touch). The TaSST consists of a soft pressure-sensitive input layer, and an output layer containing vibration motors. A touch to ones own sleeve is felt as a vibration on the sleeve of another person. The idea behind the TaSST is to enable two people to communicate different types of touch at a distance. We will outline the design process of the TaSST, describe some initial results from a user study, and discuss possible applications of the TaSST. Author Keywords Mediated social touch, haptic feedback, vibrotactile

Authors: Gijs Huisman, Aduén Darriba Frederiks, B. van Dijk, Ben Kröse, Dirk Heylen

Institutions: University of Twente, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, Human Media

Language: English

Topic: Tactile and Sensory Interactions

Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience

Field: Neuroscience

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2276235762

FWCI: 0.891

Cites: 24

Cited by: 6

Related to: 10