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AltarNation: interface design for meditative communities Export

CHI '02 extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems, No. Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. (2002), pp. 612-613.

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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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