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Sound Feedback for Social Distance: The Case for Public Interventions During a Pandemic

Version 1 : Received: 19 May 2022 / Approved: 24 May 2022 / Online: 24 May 2022 (03:18:26 CEST)
Version 2 : Received: 19 June 2022 / Approved: 20 June 2022 / Online: 20 June 2022 (10:23:37 CEST)

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Primett, W.; Silva, H.P.D.; Gamboa, H. Sound Feedback for Social Distance: The Case for Public Interventions During a Pandemic. Electronics 2022, 11, 2151. Primett, W.; Silva, H.P.D.; Gamboa, H. Sound Feedback for Social Distance: The Case for Public Interventions During a Pandemic. Electronics 2022, 11, 2151.

Abstract

Within the field of movement sensing and sound interaction research, multi-user systems have gradually gained interest as a means to facilitate an expressive non-verbal dialogue. When tied with studies grounded in psychology and choreographic theory, we consider the qualities of interaction that foster an elevated sense of social connectedness, non-contingent to occupying one’s personal space. In reflection of the newly adopted social distancing concept, we orchestrate a technological intervention, starting with interpersonal distance and sound at the core of interaction. Materialised as a set of sensory face-masks, a novel wearable system was developed and tested in the context of a live public performance from which we obtain the user’s individual perspectives and correlate this with patterns identified in the recorded data. We identify and discuss traits of the user’s behaviour that were accredited to the system’s influence and construct 4 fundamental design considerations for physically distanced sound interaction. The study concludes with essential technical reflections, accompanied by an adaptation for a pervasive sensory intervention that’s finally deployed in an open public space.

Keywords

Wearable Sensors; Interpersonal Movement; Pervasive Technology; Social Computing; Public Space

Subject

Computer Science and Mathematics, Other

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