Join us on June 11th at #IASAT25 for our symposium: “New frontiers and future considerations for digital social touch”

More details here: iasat2025.uni-jena.de
#IASAT2025 #SocialTouch #DigitalHaptics

Exciting poster session today at #IASAT2025. Looking forward to presenting tomorrow at the symposium on Digital Social Touch

Feeling connected in VR? @irenevalori.bsky.social’s talk at #IASAT2025 explores pseudo-haptics and how visual illusions of touch in VR boost co-presence and emotional connection.

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#VR #SocialTouch #PseudoHaptics

At #IASAT2025, our symposium explores how haptics, VR, and social robotics reshape what it means to touch and be touched, from avatars to empathetic robots.
Co-organised by @gijs.bsky.social (TU Delft) and @MerleFairhurst (@tudresden.bsky.social)

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#Haptics #SocialTouch

One the way to the 5th meeting of the International Association for the Study of Affective Touch (IASAT) in Jena! iasat2025.uni-jena.de

Can an avatar truly touch you? Jan van Erp (#TNO & @utwente.bsky.social) joins #IASAT2025 to explore embodiment, telepresence, and social presence through touchable avatars.

Join our symposium on digital social touch: iasat2025.uni-jena.de

#XR #HumanTouch #Avatars

At #IASAT2025, Merle Fairhurst's poster explores the dual roles of touch in healthcare: as a social bridge in clinical care and as a therapeutic tool in haptic-based rehab. Understanding the difference matters, for science and better patient outcomes. iasat2025.uni-jena.de

Last day tomorrow (15 April) to register at the early-bird rate for the next #IASAT #affective #touch conference on 9-11 June in Jena, Germany. There's already a great program, including keynotes from Patrick Haggard, Uta Sailer, Zhou-Feng Chen & Yoel Fink iasat2025.uni-jena.de/registration/

#IASAT25 is happening! The 5th meeting of the International Association for the Study of #Affective #Touch will be held in Jena, Germany 9-11 June 2025. Submit your proposals for symposia and abstracts for open talks/poster here iasat2025.uni-jena.de deadline mid-December

What if a robot could feel emotion through touch? At #IASAT2025, Rachael Bevill Burns presents HERA: a koala-like robot for autistic children that senses and responds to social touch. iasat2025.uni-jena.de
#AffectiveComputing #SocialRobots

Do robots really touch us back? Mark Paterson (University of Pittsburgh) brings theory & case studies to #IASAT2025, asking what makes mediated touch truly social.

Don’t miss our symposium: iasat2025.uni-jena.de

#SocialRobots #Haptics #HRI

How do we design touch that connects? In our #IASAT2025 symposium, @gijs.bsky.social (tudelfttnw.bsky.social) explores social touch as fundamentally interactive, not just a signal to replicate but a relation to design. iasat2025.uni-jena.de
#Haptics #DigitalTouch