SyncDecor
Abstract
Many lovers separated by distance worry about their relationships, despite the fact that the use of various means of communication such as mobile phones and emailis now widespread. We interviewed some such couples, who expressed the desire to feel a sense of connection and synchronization with their partners.They also expressed the desire to have devices that provide awareness about their partners. For this purpose, we propose “SyncDecor” devices, which are pairs of remotely installed appliances that synchronize each other.
Publications
- Hitomi Tsujita, Koji Tsukada, Itiro Siio, SyncDecor: Communication Appliances for Couples Separated by Distance, UBICOMM 2008, The Second International Conference on Mobile Ubiquitous Computing, Systems, Services and Technologies, IEEE, pp.279–286, Valencia, Spain, September 29 – October 4, 2008.
- Hitomi Tsujita, Koji Tsukada, Itiro Siio, SyncDecor : Communication Appliances for Virtual Cohabitation, Proceedings of the Working Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI 08), pp. 449-453 Napoli, Italy, May 28-30, 2008.
- People’s Choice Award Winner, Honorable Mention (Work in Progress) Hitomi Tsujita, Koji Tsukada, Itiro Siio, SyncDecor: Appliances for Sharing Mutual Awareness between Lovers Separated by Distance, CHI 2007 Conference Proceedings and Extended Abstracts, Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp.2699–2704, April 30- May 3, 2007, (San Jose, USA)
