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The paper focuses on a cyberspace communication system iFeel_IM!. Driven by the motivation to enhance social interactivity and emotionally immersive experience of real-time messaging, we proposed the idea of reinforcing (intensifying) own feelings and reproducing (simulating) the emotions felt by the partner through specially designed system iFeel_IM!. Users can not only exchange messages but also emotionally and physically feel the presence of the communication partner (e.g., family member, friend, or beloved person). The paper will also describe a novel portable affective haptic system iTouch_IM!. The motivation behind the research is to provide the emotional immersive communication regardless the location. This system has a potential to bring a new level of immersion for mobile on-line communication.
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Tsetserukou, D., Neviarouskaya, A., Terashima, K. (2013). iFeel_IM!: A Cyberspace System for Communication of Touch-Mediated Emotions. In: Demey, Y.T., Panetto, H. (eds) On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems: OTM 2013 Workshops. OTM 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8186. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41033-8_12
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