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AltarNation: interface design for meditative communities

Published: 20 April 2002 Publication History

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AltarNation allows physically isolated individuals to participate in communities of meditation and tailor thier own meditative practices. By lighting candles, users enter a shared virtual community of users represented by a field of stars, each associated with a sound sample of a prayer, song, joy, or concern of another user. Existing practices of individual meditation and candlelight vigils inform this work. This paper describes implementation and design approaches of the AltarNation system.

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CHI EA '02: CHI '02 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
April 2002
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ISBN:1581134541
DOI:10.1145/506443
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  1. ambient media
  2. co-presence
  3. community
  4. meditation
  5. prayer
  6. spirtuality
  7. tangible interfaces
  8. telepresence
  9. worship

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