Apr 29, 2009
Emotional Cartography
Via Info Aesthetic

The free-downloadable book Emotional Cartography - Technologies of the Self is a collection of essays that explores the political, social and cultural implications of visualizing intimate biometric data and emotional experiences using technology. The theme of this collection of essays is to investigate the apparent desire for technologies to map emotion, using a variety of different approaches.
18:11 Posted in Emotional computing, Information visualization | Permalink | Comments (0) | Tags: information visualization, affective computing
Ultimate virtual reality will trigger five senses
Via New Scientist
The New Scientist reports that researchers at University of York and the University of Warwick are designing a device able to manipulate five of a person's senses, to provide them with the illusion of being somewhere else.
17:57 Posted in Telepresence & virtual presence, Virtual worlds | Permalink | Comments (0) | Tags: virtual reality, presence, telepresence




