Emotions Mediated Through Mid-Air Haptics

Explore groundbreaking research on communicating emotions through mid-air haptic technology in this 23-minute conference talk from the CHI '15 ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Delve into the study conducted by Marianna Obrist, Sriram Subramanian, Elia Gatti, Benjamin Long, and Thomas Carter, which investigates how tactile stimulation in mid-air can convey specific emotions such as happiness, sadness, excitement, and fear. Discover the non-arbitrary mapping between emotions and haptic descriptions across three user groups, highlighting the potential for mediating emotions through this innovative technology. Gain insights into the spatial, directional, and haptic parameters of created haptic descriptions and their implications for human-computer interaction design. Learn about two design ideas that illustrate the practical applications of this research in HCI.