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Rüüg: long-distance communication

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To provide a long-distance communication device that would appeal to college students and recent graduates, the Rüüg team researched long-distance and face-to-face communication in more than 70 potential users. This research (consisting of surveys, observation, and directed storytelling) revealed the importance of body language and gestures and their communication of interest level, which encouraged comfort within the personal interactions. Rüüg is a plush rug embedded with pressure sensors which send input from walking, sitting, and short written messages to a sister Rüüg. Input from the sister "Rüügmate" is displayed with the color change of heat-sensitive dye in the plush activated by a grid of heating-element "pixels" underneath the rug. This warm, colorful display communicates presence, level of physical activity, and gesture to provide a sense of "being there" and a better understanding of availability, mood, and level of engagement. By integrating both input and display into an inviting everyday object, Rüüg provides a comfortable shared experience in which the transparent human-computer interaction is secondary to the interaction between two friends.

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CHI Conference Publications Format. http://www.acm.org/sigchi/chipubform/.
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Color Change Corporation Official Website. http://www.colorchange.com.
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Disalvo, Carl. Interviewed on October 10th, 2005.

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    CHI EA '05: CHI '05 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
    April 2005
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    ISBN:1595930027
    DOI:10.1145/1056808
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    1. body language
    2. branding
    3. color-change
    4. engagement level
    5. gesture
    6. heat
    7. long-distance communication
    8. low-effort communication
    9. rug/carpet

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