Design And Realization Of Building Companionship Between Human And Virtual PET Based On Emotional Design

The idea of having a pet has greatly changed in recent decades;however pets are becoming more and more important to people as the great efforts they give as companions.Nonetheless digital pets are popular,they are more like toys for people rather than pets because people feel that they aren’t real.On the other hand,people expect the prospect future in this industry because they feel it more comfortable and easier nurturing virtual pets instead of spending too much time on taking care of real pets.The purpose of the study is to create an interaction between virtual pets and human,which breaks through the restrictions on HCI development.Starting from sorting out the features of designing a virtual pet on Human Computer Interaction and Emotional Design,and digging out the target user needs by using the method of cultural probe,a design of virtual pet mobile application based on the result of the research is created in the end.Finally,the method of SAM and interview are adopted to evaluate the operational process of users for subsequent research developments and revisions.In spite of lacking the technology to make a digital pet real,here as the author of this paper,I truly believe the potential in transplanting the human-animal bonds from reality to the virtual world and realizing it by innovative perspective and thoughts.