Abstract
This paper proposes a wearable avatar named TEROOS, which is mounted on a person's shoulder. TEROOS allows the users who wear it and control it to share a vision remotely. Moreover, the avatar has an anthropomorphic face that enables the user who controls it to communicate with people co-located with the user who wears it. We have a field test by using TEROOS and observed that the wearable avatar innovatively assisted the users to communicate during their joint activities such as route navigating and buying goods at a shop. The user controlling TEROOS could give the user wearing it appropriate route instructions on the basis of the situation around TEROOS. In addition, both users could easily identify objects that they discussed. Moreover, shop staff members communicated with the user controlling TEROOS and behaved as they normally would when the user asked questions about the goods.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings |
| Pages | 2001-2004 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2012 |
| Event | 30th ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2012 - Austin, TX, United States Duration: 2012 May 5 → 2012 May 10 |
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| Other | 30th ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2012 |
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| Country | United States |
| City | Austin, TX |
| Period | 12/5/5 → 12/5/10 |
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Keywords
- Avatar communication
- Field test
- Shared vision
- Social response
- Wearable avatar
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
- Software
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TEROOS : A wearable avatar to enhance joint activities. / Kashiwabara, Tadakazu; Osawa, Hirotaka; Shinozawa, Kazuhiko; Imai, Michita.
Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings. 2012. p. 2001-2004.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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