Friendscope: Exploring In-the-Moment Experience Sharing on Camera Glasses via a Shared Camera

TL;DR

Friendscope introduces a shared camera system for glasses that enables real-time, in-the-moment experience sharing, fostering intimacy and control while maintaining user privacy.

Contribution

It presents a novel shared camera concept for glasses, allowing remote control and sharing, with user study insights on social connection and privacy.

Findings

Users felt more connected through shared camera

Shared camera was perceived as more intimate than livestreaming

Privacy-sensitive users retained control and privacy

Abstract

We introduce Friendscope, an instant, in-the-moment experience sharing system for lightweight commercial camera glasses. Friendscope explores a new concept called a shared camera. This concept allows a wearer to share control of their camera with a remote friend, making it possible for both people to capture photos/videos from the camera in the moment. Through a user study with 48 participants, we found that users felt connected to each other, describing the shared camera as a more intimate form of livestreaming. Moreover, even privacy-sensitive users were able to retain their sense of privacy and control with the shared camera. Friendscope's different shared camera configurations give wearers ultimate control over who they share the camera with and what photos/videos they share. We conclude with design implications for future experience sharing systems.