Mostofa, NafisaAvendano, IndiraMcMahan, Ryan P.Welch, Gregory F.Kulik, Alexander and Sra, Misha and Kim, Kangsoo and Seo, Byung-Kuk2020-12-012020-12-012020978-3-03868-112-01727-530Xhttps://doi.org/10.2312/egve.20201272https://diglib.eg.org:443/handle/10.2312/egve20201272For isolated patients, for example COVID-19 patients in an intensive care unit, conventional televideo tools can provide a degree of visual telepresence, but at best approximate a ''through a window'' metaphor-visitors such as loved ones cannot touch the patient. We present preliminary work aimed at providing an isolated patient and remote visitors with visual interactions that are augmented by touch-a perception of being touched for the isolated patient, and a perception of touching for the visitors.Human centered computingHaptic devicesGestural inputAccessibility systems and toolsApplied computingConsumer health10.2312/egve.202012727-8