Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14279/28893
Title: The Virtual Touch Toolkit: An Interactive Media Mobile Application for Promoting Well-Being through Affective and Social Touch
Authors: Najm, Ali 
Hadjipanayi, Christos 
Michael-Grigoriou, Despina 
Banakou, Domna 
McGlone, Francis 
Fairhurst, Merle 
Major Field of Science: Engineering and Technology;Medical and Health Sciences;Social Sciences
Field Category: Computer and Information Sciences;Health Sciences;Psychology;Sociology;Design
Keywords: computer games;diseases;educational aids;mobile computing;smart phones;User interfaces;virtual reality
Issue Date: 1-Jan-2022
Source: International Conference on Interactive Media, Smart Systems and Emerging Technologies (IMET), 2022, 4-7 October
Conference: International Conference on Interactive Media, Smart Systems and Emerging Technologies (IMET) 
Abstract: The 'Virtual Touch Toolkit' is the exergame bundle of a newly developed smartphone application for mental health. The primary aim of the exercises is to promote self-discovery by focusing on social, affective touch. The necessity of acknowledging the undervalued properties of affective touch in this day and age is more important than ever as a global pandemic is provoking societal changes that are predicted to be detrimental to our mutual need for affective touch. The toolkit comprises multiple features and sets of exercises, which are designed to stimulate the user's oxytocinergic and reward systems while offering educational insights on affective touch.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14279/28893
ISBN: 9781665470162
DOI: 10.1109/IMET54801.2022.9929934
Rights: © IEEE
Type: Conference Papers
Affiliation : Cyprus University of Technology 
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed
Appears in Collections:Δημοσιεύσεις σε συνέδρια /Conference papers or poster or presentation

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