A Study on the Effect of Conveying Breathing on Remote Communication

Abstract

By advancement of communication technologies, it became possible to communicate with anyone in distant places using audio and visual connections. However, such remote communication still has noticeable difference from the face-to-face communication, partly because the lack of information of other sensations. Our research focused on the transmission of breathing in the remote communication. An experimental system that measures the breathing by an anemometer and presents wind by air nozzle was implemented. Through experiments using subjects, it was proved that the transmission of breathing is helpful for conveying the intensity of emotion.