Cues for sociable PC: Coordinate and synchronize its cues based on user attention and activities on display

摘要

A sociable PC (SPC) is capable of engaging and interacting with social cues while users use it. SPC is a kind of artifact which is capable of coordinating and synchronizing its behaviors based on user attention and information on a display. In particular, SPC can exhibit behaviors to induce a trust through social rapport with the user while responding to the user's behaviors and activities on a PC. We used the concept of a minimalism designing mechanism to invent the SPC. The SPC appearance is much like soft ¿Tofu,¿ so the user can touch and sense it. The SPS can also provide feedback to the user using attractive social cues such as shaking its body, displaying an attractive motion and joint attention with the user, etc.