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Affective Computing

Advancing human wellbeing by developing new ways to communicate, understand, and respond to emotion

#robotics #social networks #computer vision +51 more
Not Accepting Applicants
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Object-Based Media

Changing storytelling, communication, and everyday life through sensing, understanding, and new interface technologies

#robotics #design #virtual reality +52 more
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SoapCam

SoapCam is a WIP Human Computer Interaction system that motivates proper hand washing routines."Hand hygiene is the most important measure …

Ariel Noyman
#human-computer interaction #public health #gesture interface +1 more
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LUI: Large User Interface with Gesture and Voice Feedback

LUI is a scalable, multimodal web-interface that uses a custom framework of nondiscrete, free-handed gestures and voice to control modular …

in Object-Based Media
Vik Parth
#virtual reality #human-computer interaction #augmented reality +3 more
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Article Research

Touchless gesture controls on phones? Think bigger

Vik Parthiban and other AR/VR researchers talk to Wired about the future potential of gesture control for interaction design.

via Wired · Aug. 12, 2019
in Object-Based Media
#augmented reality #technology #gesture interface
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ZeroN: Levitated Tangible Interface

Imagine a physical object that floats through the air, unconstrained by gravity, which can move freely to display the motion of a planet in…

in Tangible Media
Hiroshi Ishii · Ernest Rehmi Post
#imaging #space #gesture interface +1 more
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Living Mobile

Enhancing mobile life through improved user interactions

#design #human-computer interaction #art +16 more
Not Accepting Applicants
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Intrepid

Every 98 seconds, a person in the United States is sexually abused. Every 16 hours, a woman in the United States is murdered by her ro…

in Living Mobile
Manisha Mohan · Ethan Zuckerman +1 more
#consumer electronics #developing countries #human-machine interaction +5 more
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FaceSense: Affective-Cognitive State Inference from Facial Video

People express and communicate their mental states–such as emotions, thoughts, and desires–through facial expressions, vocal nuances, gestu…

in Affective Computing
Rosalind W. Picard · Matthew S. Goodwin +2 more
#cognition #communications #gesture interface
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The "Bar of Soap": Grasp-Based Interfaces

We have built several handheld devices that combine grasp and orientation sensing with pattern recognition in order to provide highly intel…

in Object-Based Media
V. Michael Bove
#design #human-computer interaction #sensors +1 more
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