we introduce GloTouch. A set of wearables that facilitates bi-directional communication of social touch and physical presence between two or more users. GloTouch utilizes touch sensors and vibrating motors to communicate movement, holding, and tapping between users. GloTouch offers an innovative way to engineer haptic feedback through embedding vibrating motors in silicone, as well as a novel t-shirt design that is both aesthetically pleasing and functional. We conducted an evaluation on our system both through user feedback interviews and a number of domain experts. Our results show some promising features of GloTouch.

 

Our overarching goal is to design a system that enables remote communication between two or more users to communicate a sense of social touch and physical presence. To achieve this overarching goal, we set our design goals as:
1- Create a wearable that can augment remote communication between two users
2- To enable feeling the remote presence of loved ones
3- To convey a sense of caress through haptic feedback
4- To amplify the sense of connection through visual feedback
5- To facilitate this communication using comfortable and light wearables

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