Virtualizing Human Conversation: Two Case Studies

Collectively Sharing Human Conversation is the name of a digital platform that can be employed to capture sounds from human conversation. In this paper, we present two case studies on the use of this platform. The case studies are focused on services that investigate the opportunities created by virtualizing human conversation. The first case study is Talking Daily Thing, in which objects commonly found in a living room offer various forms of talk. The second case study examines GosoGoso GachaGacha, which offers onomatopoeic sounds as a type of music. The case studies reveal possible applications of virtualized human conversation in the form of digital services and thus new opportunities in the development of such innovative digital services.