Literature Review

- Teen tech use is increasing at an alarming pace, with media use so ubiquitous, it was time to stop arguing over whether it was good or bad and accept it as part of childrens environment. Lewin, T. (2010, January 20). If your kids are awake, theyre probably online. New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/20/education/20wired.html?_r=0 - Family members used video chatting technology to read books remotely - the entries for our product could be co-constructed by family members in different locations Raffle, H., Ballagas, R., Revelle, G., Horii, H., Follmer, S., Go, J., Reardon, E., Mori, K., Kaye, J., & Spasojevic, M. (2010, April). Family story play: reading with young children (and elmo) over a distance. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1583-1592). ACM. https://research.nokia.com/files/FamilyStoryPlayCHI10.pdf http://vimeo.com/6874085 - Remote communication between families who are separated by divorce. What is seen by one person is projected for the other, allowing for shared experiences. Yarosh, S., Tang, A., Mokashi, S., & Abowd, G. (2013). Almost Touching: Parent-Child Remote Communication Using the ShareTable System. Proc. of CSCW, 181-192. http://lanayarosh.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/yarosh-cscw2013-camera-ready.pdf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8k5mYbCXhs -

- Nuclear families are most likely to own and use technology often, families report that technology use brings them closer together. Hi-tech brings families together (2008, October 20). If your kids are awake, theyre probably online. New York Times. Retrieved from http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7679734.stm -

- Using video calls with nursing home residents and their families. The elderly subjects were able to use the technology and reported that seeing their family members was a positive experience and increased the quality of interaction over simple phone calls. Mickus, M. A., & Luz, C. C. (2002). Televisits: Sustaining long distance family relationships among institutionalized elders through technology. Aging & mental health, 6(4), 387-396. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/1360786021000007009 -

- Uses technology to insert live video of the people interacting into the illustrations of the book theyre reading (People in Books) Follmer, S., Ballagas, R. T., Raffle, H., Spasojevic, M., & Ishii, H. (2012, February). People in books: using a FlashCam to become part of an interactive book for connected reading. In Proceedings of the ACM 2012 conference on Computer supported cooperative work (pp. 685694). ACM. http://delivery.acm.org/10.1145/2150000/2145309/p685follmer.pdf?ip=216.165.95.78&id=2145309&acc=ACTIVE%20SERVICE&key=986B26D8D17D60C8E7

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- Creating a long distance dinner party using projection. This article talks about designing for playfulness and the natural parts of conversations such as interruptions, collaboration, and even teasing. Barden, P., Comber, R., Green, D., Jackson, D., Ladha, C., Bartindale, T., ... & Olivier, P. (2012, June). Telematic dinner party: Designing for togetherness through play and performance. In Proceedings of the Designing Interactive Systems Conference (pp. 38-47). ACM. http://delivery.acm.org/10.1145/2320000/2317964/p38barden.pdf?ip=216.165.95.78&id=2317964&acc=ACTIVE%20SERVICE&key=986B26D8D17D60C8E 7B9325611350605&CFID=413286347&CFTOKEN=21713660&__acm__=1393101673_e30294d89571 5698e75d5ee9f4f47708 -

- There is a different in how people perceive and relate to physical and digital mementos. Digital mementos are seen as hard to access and inexpressive. Petrelli, D., & Whittaker, S. (2010). Family memories in the home: contrasting physical and digital mementos. Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, 14(2), 153-169. http://download.springer.com/static/pdf/434/art%253A10.1007%252Fs00779-009-02797.pdf?auth66=1393274771_a6661869bc37493bb983e30f8972b4d0&ext=.pdf -

- Describes three devices for storing digital heirlooms in various forms (pictures, tweets, and a timeline of life) Odom, W., Banks, R., Kirk, D., Harper, R., Lindley, S., & Sellen, A. (2012, May). Technology heirlooms?: considerations for passing down and inheriting digital materials. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in computing systems (pp. 337-346). ACM. http://www.charlesneedham.com/en-us/people/asellen/techeirloomschi.pdf

- Describes a prototype of a device used to digitize family memorabilia. This prototype, Family Archive, was used in homes. The article brings up issues of how families perceive such devices (for work or for play) and encouraging collaboration. Kirk, D. S., Izadi, S., Sellen, A., Taylor, S., Banks, R., & Hilliges, O. (2010, February). Opening up the family archive. In Proceedings of the 2010 ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work (pp. 261-270). ACM. http://www.charlesneedham.com/enus/people/asellen/kirk.pdf