TY - GEN
T1 - Improving shared experiences by haptic telecommunication
AU - Takahashi, Kohske
AU - Mitsuhashi, Hideo
AU - Murata, Kazuhito
AU - Norieda, Shin
AU - Watanabe, Katsumi
PY - 2011/10/18
Y1 - 2011/10/18
N2 - We investigated how interpersonal haptic telecommunication would affect the impression of an experience shared with another person. We conducted a psychological experiment wherein two people watched a comedy movie at the same time but in distant locations. They were asked to press a button when they found the movie hilarious, and this produced a vibratory haptic stimulation to the other person. Thus, the two people were able to interact with each other and know the other person's reaction through haptic telecommunication. In one group, the haptic stimulation was interrupted for 90 s during the movie presentation. We found that the number of button presses decreased during the interruption period, suggesting that the feeling of hilarity could be modulated by communication with the other person. A post-experiment questionnaire survey confirmed that the uninterrupted group tended to attribute the hilarious feeling they experienced to sharing with the other person, and also expressed stronger empathy towards the other person. These results suggest that haptic telecommunication may alter the quality of shared experience and increase the intimacy felt towards the other person.
AB - We investigated how interpersonal haptic telecommunication would affect the impression of an experience shared with another person. We conducted a psychological experiment wherein two people watched a comedy movie at the same time but in distant locations. They were asked to press a button when they found the movie hilarious, and this produced a vibratory haptic stimulation to the other person. Thus, the two people were able to interact with each other and know the other person's reaction through haptic telecommunication. In one group, the haptic stimulation was interrupted for 90 s during the movie presentation. We found that the number of button presses decreased during the interruption period, suggesting that the feeling of hilarity could be modulated by communication with the other person. A post-experiment questionnaire survey confirmed that the uninterrupted group tended to attribute the hilarious feeling they experienced to sharing with the other person, and also expressed stronger empathy towards the other person. These results suggest that haptic telecommunication may alter the quality of shared experience and increase the intimacy felt towards the other person.
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U2 - 10.1109/ICBAKE.2011.19
DO - 10.1109/ICBAKE.2011.19
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:80054023839
SN - 9780769545127
T3 - Proceedings - 2011 International Conference on Biometrics and Kansei Engineering, ICBAKE 2011
SP - 210
EP - 215
BT - Proceedings - 2011 International Conference on Biometrics and Kansei Engineering, ICBAKE 2011
T2 - 2011 International Conference on Biometrics and Kansei Engineering, ICBAKE 2011
Y2 - 19 September 2011 through 22 September 2011
ER -