Appliances to Arouse Mutual Awareness between Close People Separated by Distance, “SyncDecor”

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  • TSUJITA Hitomi
    Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, Ochanomizu University
  • TSUKADA Koji
    Academic Production, Ochanomizu University
  • SIIO Itiro
    Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, Ochanomizu University

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  • 遠距離恋愛者間のコミュニケーションを支援する日用品“SyncDecor”の提案
  • エンキョリ レンアイシャカン ノ コミュニケーション オ シエンスル ニチヨウヒン SyncDecor ノ テイアン

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Despite the fact that various means of communication such as mobile phones, instant messenger and e-mail are now widespread; many romantic couples separated by long distances worry about the health of their relationships. Likewise, these couples have a greater desire to feel a sense of connection, synchronization or “oneness” with their partners than traditional inter-family bonds. This paper concentrates on the use of common, day-to-day items and modifying them to communicate everyday actions while maintaining a sustained and natural usage pattern for strongly paired romantic couples. For this purpose, we propose the “SyncDecor” system, which pairs traditional appliances and allow them to remotely synchronize and provide awareness or cognizance about their partners - thereby creating a virtual “living together” feeling. We present evidence, from a 3-month long field study, where traditional appliances provided a significantly more natural, varied and sustained usage patterns which ultimately enhanced communications between the couples.

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  • Computer Software

    Computer Software 26 (1), 25-37, 2009

    Japan Society for Software Science and Technology

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