Ting

Ting is a hybrid wearable-app ecosystem designed to restore the intimacy of real-world encounters. Worn on the upper spine, close to the vagus nerve, the device vibrates subtly whenever it senses an emotionally compatible user nearby, based on physiological signals that an adaptive AI has learned to read. There are no swipes to make, no profiles to curate, and no photo galleries to browse through, because the body itself becomes the interface.

Developed for the Interaction Design course at FBAUL, Ting was grounded in Polyvagal Theory and affective computing, and shaped by a mixed-methods research phase with 93 participants, all pointing toward the same proposal: a shift away from performative digital socialising and toward presence, embodiment, and emotional resonance.

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