HomeProxy: Exploring a Physical Proxy for Video Communication in the Home (CHI ’13)

HomeProxy is a research prototype that explores supporting video communication in the home among distributed family members through a physical proxy. It leverages a physical artifact dedicated to representing remote family members to make it easier to share activities with them. HomeProxy combines a form factor designed for the home environment with a “no-touch” user experience and an interface that responsively transitions between recorded and live video messages. We designed and implemented a prototype and conducted a pilot study with eight pairs of users. Our study demonstrated the challenges of a no-touch interface and the promise of offering quick video messaging in the home.

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Tang, J., Xiao, R., Hoff, A., Venolia, G., Therien, P., Roseway, A. 2017. HomeProxy: Exploring a Physical Proxy for Video Communication in the Home. In Proceedings of the 31st Annual SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (Paris, France, April 27 – May 2, 2013). CHI ’13. ACM, New York, NY. 1339-1342.

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