title: RemoTable: Sharing Daily Activities and Moods Using Smart Furniture.
abstract: Social Interaction and the feeling of emotional closeness to beloved ones is mainly driven by the communication with each other. For patients suffering from a serious disease due to intense mood changes, it is difficult to keep regular contact with relatives. This affects the need for direct and verbal communication with relatives. To continue the participation in each others lives, we have developed a concept to share daily activities, current moods and presence information using a smart living room table. A first lab study with a prototype showed promising results with regard to expressiveness, joy of use, and usability.
authors.affiliation: OFFIS - Institute for Information Technology, 26121 Oldenburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Torben
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wallbaum
authors.affiliation: OFFIS - Institute for Information Technology, 26121 Oldenburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Wilko
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Heuten
authors.affiliation: University of Oldenburg - Media Informatics and Multimedia Systems, 26121 Oldenburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Susanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Boll
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D003142:Communication; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D006801:Humans; D007374:Interior Design and Furnishings / Q000379:methods*; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008875:Middle Aged; D036301:Qualitative Research; D055815:Young Adult