Orecchio: Extending Body-Language through Actuated Static and Dynamic Auricular Postures
summary
Claim: actuating the visible ear reliably conveys emotional signals. An exploratory study with 60 participants maps 22 postures onto four categories — intense pleasantness, mild pleasantness, mild unpleasantness, intense unpleasantness — finding dynamic stretching top helix at 2Hz vs 1Hz reads as intense vs mild pleasant, while static bending side helix and top helix read as intense and mild unpleasant. A wearable prototype (micro gear and planetary motors, encoders, ear clip, one-joint arm) proves the gestures and yields modest comfort scores and context-dependent social acceptability.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:35Background
- 4:12Study Procedures
- 9:22Design
- 11:10Social Stability
- 12:51Conclusion
- 14:33Questions
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