AltarNation
Michelle Hlubinka, Jennifer S. Beaudin, Emmanuel Munguia Tapia, John S. An · 2002
AltarNation allows physically isolated individuals to participate in communities of meditation and tailor thier own meditative practices. By lighting candles, users enter a shared virtual community of users represented by a field of stars, each associated with a sound sample of a prayer, song, joy, or concern of another user. Existing practices of individual meditation and candlelight vigils inform this work. This paper describes implementation and design approaches of the AltarNation system.