Hello-fish: Interacting with pet fishes through animated digital wallpaper on a screen

Abstract

Real life forms have not been seriously considered to be an essential part in ubiquitous computing. Hello-Fish is an Internet-based application that monitors and feeds our fishes which are part of lovely pets. This system allows people to feel the mood interpreted by the movements of the fishes from anywhere. We propose a new interactive system for getting in touch with the living creatures around us in a ubiquitous computing environment. © IFIP International Federation for Information Processing 2004.