Table 4 Roles of families, design outcomes, and design concepts in the reviewed literature.

From: Methodological considerations of technology co-design with families and design implications on mediating family connectedness from empirical research

Research item

Roles of families—defined by author(s)

Design outcome

Design concept

Vetere et al., 2005

Users

Smart clothes: Hug Over a Distance

For initiating, reciprocating, or rejecting remote hugs between intimate partners

Plaisant et al., 2006

Design Partners

Digital, layered interface: Shared Family Calendars

For the symmetrical sharing of calendar information among remotely located, multi-generational family members

Follmer et al., 2010

Users

Shared book-reading, video play activity: People in Books

For superimposing remote family members as virtual characters in a shared e-book for storytelling

Judge et al., 2010

N/A

Domestic Media Space: Family Window

For connecting remote households through an always-on video media space

Raju, 2018

Users

Virtual home

For intergenerational storytelling to invoke the feeling of ‘Home’

Christensen et al., 2019

Users

Interactive, digital-physical hybrid technology: Stories

For shared and separate storytelling among family members in both co-located and remote contexts

Tzou et al., 2019

N/A

Robotic dioramas

For family storytelling and for indigenous presence and resurgence

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