Hug over a distance
Hug over a distance
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隔着距离拥抱
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2005
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S. Howard
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作者：
F. Mueller;F. Vetere;M. Gibbs;J. Kjeldskov;S. Pedell;S. Howard
亲密关系中的人因距离而分开，往往难以充分表达亲密感。基于对夫妻的人种学研究结果，开发了一个原型来测试技术在亲密领域的可行性。远距离拥抱是一种充气背心，可以远程触发，产生一种类似拥抱的感觉。尽管情侣们并不认为这件背心在日常生活中有用，但在参与式设计研讨会上，这个原型激发了情侣们的设计想法。还发现了另外一个意想不到的好处：原型增强了夫妇对研究人员方法的理解，表明原型可以作为工具，让参与式设计志愿者意识到它们在学术研究中的重要性。
People in close relationships, who are separated by distance, often have difficulty expressing intimacy adequately. Based on the results of an ethnographic study with couples, a prototype was developed to test the feasibility of technology in the domain of intimacy. Hug Over a Distance is an air-inflatable vest that can be remotely triggered to create a sensation resembling a hug. Although the couples did not consider the vest to be useful in their daily lives, the prototype served to provoke and stimulate design ideas from the couples during participative design workshops. An additional and unexpected benefit was also found: the prototype enhanced the couples' understanding of the researchers' methods, suggesting that prototypes can serve as tools to make participatory design volunteers aware of their importance in academic research.