Amazon has recently introduced emotional responses by varying the arousal and valence of Alexa’s voice. The technology is not new, but we are now starting to experience this through a commercialized product. SCAD UX students have looked into the other side. What about the user’s emotional cue in their voice? What if the person becomes too aggressive in a conversation without being aware? Lighthouse is a collaboration device to encourage empathy and active listening by providing unobtrusive visual feedback based on conversational voice data. All five students in this project have gone above and beyond. I strongly recommend viewing the vision video, which captures the core concept very well. Currently applied to three design awards.
• Mikayla Kim (Project Lead)
• Yeji Han (Research Lead)
• Savannah Wilkinson (Interaction Lead)
• Jonathan Sanchez (Product Lead)
• Dahyun Lee, 이다현 (Visual Lead)