Feeling the Temperature of the Room : Unobtrusive Thermal Display of Engagement during Group Communication
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Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies, Volume 7, issue 1, pp. 1-21
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Thermal signals have been explored in HCI for emotion-elicitation and enhancing two-person communication, showing that temperature invokes social and emotional signals in individuals. Yet, extending these findings to group communication is missing. We investigated how thermal signals can be used to communicate group affective states in a hybrid meeting scenario to help people feel connected over a distance. We conducted a lab study (N=20 participants) and explored wrist-worn thermal feedback to communicate audience emotions. Our results show that thermal feedback is an effective method of conveying audience engagement without increasing workload and can help a presenter feel more in tune with the audience. We outline design implications for real-world wearable social thermal feedback systems for both virtual and in-person communication that support group affect communication and social connectedness. Thermal feedback has the potential to connect people across distances and facilitate more effective and dynamic communication in multiple contexts.Description
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Haliburton, L, Schött, S Y, Hirsch, L, Welsch, R & Schmidt, A 2023, 'Feeling the Temperature of the Room : Unobtrusive Thermal Display of Engagement during Group Communication', Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies, vol. 7, no. 1, 14, pp. 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1145/3580820