TY - GEN
T1 - Nene
T2 - 2017 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers, UbiComp/ISWC 2017
AU - Julsaksrisakul, Pafan
AU - Nakatani, Masashi
AU - Chernyshov, George
AU - Tag, Benjamin
AU - Kunze, Kai
N1 - Funding Information:
This research is supported by JST Presto grant No JP-MJPR16D7 and JPMJPR16D4.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Association for Computing Machinery.
PY - 2017/9/11
Y1 - 2017/9/11
N2 - In the past decades, it has become widely accepted that pets have a positive effect on humans, which leaded to multiple studies on the effects of Human-Animal Interaction (HAI)[4][3]. However, there are many occasions where pet owners have to leave their pets such as working and studying abroad. Thus, we introduce 'Nene', a set of device, including an interactive cat-shaped device that reproduces in real-time features of a pet such thermal and haptic characteristics, and a mobile application for visual and acoustic features. In this study, we explore the psychological effects that Nene has on humans, focusing on loneliness and stress aspects. The evaluation shows a positive result as it provides a calming and relaxing effect to the users and potentially reduces stress and loneliness level. The result aims to open a new perspective for remote HAI for pet owners.
AB - In the past decades, it has become widely accepted that pets have a positive effect on humans, which leaded to multiple studies on the effects of Human-Animal Interaction (HAI)[4][3]. However, there are many occasions where pet owners have to leave their pets such as working and studying abroad. Thus, we introduce 'Nene', a set of device, including an interactive cat-shaped device that reproduces in real-time features of a pet such thermal and haptic characteristics, and a mobile application for visual and acoustic features. In this study, we explore the psychological effects that Nene has on humans, focusing on loneliness and stress aspects. The evaluation shows a positive result as it provides a calming and relaxing effect to the users and potentially reduces stress and loneliness level. The result aims to open a new perspective for remote HAI for pet owners.
KW - Haptics
KW - Human animal interaction
KW - Interactive pets
KW - Sensing
KW - Telepresence
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U2 - 10.1145/3123024.3123156
DO - 10.1145/3123024.3123156
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85030833832
T3 - UbiComp/ISWC 2017 - Adjunct Proceedings of the 2017 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and Proceedings of the 2017 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers
SP - 89
EP - 92
BT - UbiComp/ISWC 2017 - Adjunct Proceedings of the 2017 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and Proceedings of the 2017 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers
PB - Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
Y2 - 11 September 2017 through 15 September 2017
ER -