Remote Biofeedback Sharing, Opportunities and Challenges
This work proposes a novel application for biofeedback to enhance social connection, but it appears incremental as it builds on existing technology without introducing new methods.
The paper explores extending biofeedback technology to enable remote sharing of physiological states, addressing the need for belonging and expanding well-being applications.
Biofeedback is commonly used to regulate one's state, for example to manage stress. The underlying idea is that by perceiving a feedback about their physiological activity, a user can act upon it. In this paper we describe through two recent projects how biofeedback could be leveraged to share one's state at distance. Such extension of biofeedback could answer to the need of belonging, further widening the applications of the technology in terms of well-being.