Almost touching: Parent-child remote communication using the sharetable system

• Main Authors: YAROSH, Svetlana, TANG, Anthony, MOKASHI, Sanika, ABOWD, Gregory D.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2013
• Subjects: Camera-projector system; Children; Computer-mediated communication; Divorced families; Home; Tabletop; Information Security
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/7896; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/8899/viewcontent/yarosh_cscw2013_camera_ready__1_.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

We deployed the ShareTable - a system that provides easy-to-initiate videochat and a shared tabletop task space - in four divorced households. Throughout the month of its use, the families employed the ShareTable to participate in shared activities, share emotional moments, and communicate closeness...