隨著寵物狗的飼養人數逐年成長，寵物狗之於飼主的角色已成為家人或朋友的關係，但有飼主因為工作或學業的關係，必須長期與寵物狗分隔兩地，因而造成思念感等負面情緒。因應這樣的需求，目前市面上出現許多如寵物攝影機的產品，讓飼主能夠在遠端與寵物狗互動。然而，目前的遠端人寵互動產品多侷限於寵物攝影機的形式，透過手機應用程式通知飼主寵物狗的狀態及觀看寵物狗的影像，而因為大部分的攝影機無法移動，寵物狗並不會一直出現在飼主想要看的位置。為了尋找是否有其他設計的可能性，本研究回顧人機互動領域針對遠距離情感連結的研究，發現許多運用 ambient display 方法進行設計，透過將資訊呈現於環境物件中，以不干擾的方式呈現遠距對方當前的狀態，創造共存感。因此，本研究旨在了解 ambient display如何影響遠距飼主對於寵物狗的連結感，以及對於遠距飼主及狗端家人有哪些影響。

本研究首先設計了 ambient display 裝置。在寵物狗端利用感測器感測寵物狗在睡覺、於常待的位置、散步三種狀態，將感測器資料上傳至雲端伺服器並連結至飼主端，在飼主端利用 LED 燈箱分別以三種不同顏色呈現狗目前的狀態。裝置設計完畢後，本研究採田野實驗研究法，招募 14 位目前不與寵物狗同住之飼主，給予實驗組使用本研究設計之 ambient display 裝置為期兩週，並透過半結構式訪談法以及問卷量表進行評估。研究發現 ambient display 於遠距飼主對寵物狗的連結感有正向影響之外，也有促進與其他家人間的連結以及減緩負面情緒之效果。除此之外，本研究亦發現裝置呈現寵物狗的具體行為及直接的互動功能仍有其必要性。

Nowadays the role of pet dogs has become like family members or friends of owners, yet owners have to be separated from their pet dogs due to varying reasons, resulting in negative feelings such as distress or anxiety. To resolve this issue, many commercial products such as pet camera are designed to enable owners to interact with their dogs remotely. However, current products mostly appear in the form of cameras. Though pet cameras enable owners to watch real-time images/videos of their dogs and notify the current status of their pets via mobile app, it is difficult for owners to see what they desire to see since pets are not always in the shooting zone. To explore other alternative design approaches, we have reviewed the designs for mediating the sense of connectedness among distant families and couples. We found that many designs use ambient display to facilitate the sense of connectedness by presenting remote partner’s status through peripheral objects and creating the sense of co-presence. This research aims to understand how ambient display affects the sense of connectedness of owners to their dogs when separating from one another, and how it affects owners and their family members at the same time.

We first designed an ambient display device consisting of dog-side sensors and owner-side ambient light box. On the dog side, we implemented three sensors to detect three behaviors of pet dogs, including sleeping, staying at frequently staying area, and going out. The ambient display presents the dogs’ current status in three distinct colors. We then recruited 14 dog owners who are not currently living with their dogs to assess the design of ambient display and participant behaviors through a two-week field experiment. Our findings suggested that ambient display has a positive effect on the sense of connectedness of distant owners not only to their dogs but also to their family members. In addition, we also found that ambient display device would need to provide more specific information about dogs’ status and remote interactive functions.

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