André ValdestilhasU-Media 2011

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Television assisted in groups

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Affective Computing

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Emotional aspect Emotional experience

A broad category of mind-body interactions

Emotional aspect

Emotional experience

Multiple levels of emotion generation

Computer Vision

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(Molz, 2001)

State of the art: Techniques and tools for capturing

emotions through interactive

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Capturing facial expressions

Attention Meter [5];Television assisted in groups;

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Affective interaction with use of accelerometer

The video camera is not the only way to capture the emotions of the viewer, HITV [6] show this;

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Hologram touch sensitive

(2 Wiimote + Airborne Ultrasound Tactile Display + Holographic image) = Touchable Holography [12];

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Discussion (Possible utilizations)Audience control;

Feedback data collection…

Content contextualization;Adapts the content according to the emotion…

Use with autistic people;Affective computing can be used for

treatement…

Use for HCI;Reducing the frustration of the user…

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Final Considerations

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• Contributions:

• Investigate Affective computing and Computer Vision concepts has aplied to improve interactivity for Digital Television.

• Exemples of uses like audience control and context of content for Digital Television.

DemonstrationAttention Meter;

OpenCV;

Tochable holography (Hoshi, Siggraph 2009);

HiTV (Ball with accelerometer – MIT Affective TV);