Simon Mare

Azalea: Co-experience in Remote Dialog through Diminished Reality and Somaesthetic Interaction Design

We introduce Azalea: a design to enrich remote dialog by diminishing externalities, created through a process informed by somaesthetics. Azalea is a tactile cushion that envelops a smartphone running a bespoke app. A pair of Azaleas mediate an embodied co-experience between remote interlocutors via a motion-driven sou…