HAPPIcom: haptic pad for impressive text communication

Abstract

We propose a system called Haptic Pad for Impressive Text Communication for creating text messages with haptic stimuli using the SPIDAR-tablet haptic interface. This system helps users indicate emotion in text messages and actions of characters in storytelling by attaching physical feedback to words in text. We evaluated the effectiveness of the system experimentally in two scenarios: storytelling and text messaging. We found that effective use of haptic stimuli depends on each situation and participant.