Communicating more than nothing

Strong social connections permeate one's daily life. With the numerous means available, these connections can easily dominate one's communications, though one only wants to convey and have a sense of presence in each other's lives. Portal Frame fosters this feeling of connection between individuals while keeping the amount of active communication that must take place to a minimum. Individuals are provided a means to glimpse the lives of intimate friends through a well known and established physical medium, the picture frame. Keywords Photographs, connections, GPS, sensors, tangible devices ACM Classification Keywords H5.3 Group and Organization Interfaces: Asynchronous Interaction.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2006
• Where: CHI
• Authors: Tony Bergstrom, Karrie Karahalios
• Keywords: CHI 2006, Connections Permeate One, Human Computer Interaction, Keywords H5.3 Group, Portal Frame Fosters