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Chat Circles is an abstract graphical
interface for online chatting. Color and form are used to convey
social presence and activity, and proximity-based filtering is used
to intuitively break large groups into conversational clusters. The
system also introduces a visual interface for conversation logs. The system, launched in 1999, was pioneering in its use of abstract graphics for synchronous conversation. Its minimalist interface inspired a series of subsequent projects in the Sociable Media Group at the MIT Media Lab. For more information about the system, including its history, check out the Chat Circles project page. |
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Visualizing Conversation |
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The chat circles series: explorations in designing abstract graphical communication interfaces | ||||
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Visiphone with Karrie Karahalios and Judith Donath |
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VisiPhone is a
tangible communication object that opens a graphical as well as an
audio portal through space. It is designed to provide a continuous,
ubiquitous connection between people in different places. By making
the audio visible, VisiPhone turns the speakerphone into a portal
between spaces: the existence of the connection is recognizable even
in moments of silence and the dynamics and inflections of the
conversation are made salient by the expressive power of the
abstract visualization.
Unlike traditional audio rendering systems, Visiphone explores the social and aesthetic aspects of visualizations of sound. For more information, check out the project page. |
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