Survey and perspectives of social touch in HCI

Abstract

Touch is one of the primary channel of non-verbal communication. It is used to convey emotions and to establish bounds between people. Its use has already been considered in HCI to interact with devices, but it has rarely been used for direct emotional communication between individuals. This article presents a literature review of social touch in human-computer interaction. Based at the crosssection of psychology, HCI, emotions and haptics research communities, we rst review the role and importance of social touch for communicating emotions. We then discuss existing and emerging technologies to perform social touch and nally we present new perspectives for interfaces in HCI. CCS CONCEPTS • Human-centered computing → Interaction paradigms; Human computer interaction (HCI);

The Making of Meaning through Dyadic Haptic Affective Touch

“…tickling) or symbolic purposes (e.g. presence), with some for affection and greeting [19,29,30,[35][36][37]74]. These prototypes have predominantly taken more traditional approaches, using force and vibration, either alone or combined as actuation modalities, with some use of pressure and temperature.…”

“…Indeed, the limited attention to this modality both in humanhuman tactile interaction and in technology mediated tactile interaction is surprising given that the skin is rich in temperature receptors [68] and the warmth of the body is known to contribute to bonding [9]. Heat has been used less but its importance as a social sign in the context of technology-mediated tactile interaction is highlighted in [74], defining it as critical for perceiving and interpreting touch. For example, a robot can change its skin temperature to communicate stereotypical emotions [79].…”

ConVRgence (VRIC) Virtual Reality International Conference Proceedings

“…Force-feedback devices allow us to feel the resistance of objects, air blowing gives the sensation of a moving touch, pneumatic devices give us a way to experience pressure, heat and cold can be produced, vibrotactile devices are easy to setup and can have interesting sensations,… (G. Huisman, 2017;Teyssier et al, 2017). Despite all those technologies, there is still no perfect way to reproduce an actual touch sensation.…”

Social Touch in Human-agent Interactions in an Immersive Virtual Environment

“…From the technical point of view, haptic technologies (technologies producing kinesthetic or tactile sensations) are very diverse, covering vibration technologies, force-feedback devices or thermal technologies and many more (M. Teyssier, G. Bailly, É. Lecolinet and C. Pelachaud, 2017). Pseudo-haptics, as defined by Gómez Jáuregui, Argelaguet Sanz, Olivier, Marchal, Multon and Lécuyer (2014), allow to give the illusion of a credible force-feedback by using appropriate visual cues to reinforce a simpler existing haptic feedback.…”