Touch Room Lets You 'Touch' Loved Ones via Phone

Telecommunication has traditionally relied on sight and sound. But what if you could touch someone from afar? Touch Room keeps your loved ones within arm's reach.

A group of people at Goodby Silverstein & Partners created Touch Room, a simple little app that allows you to “touch” your friend or loved one through your phone.

 
The concept is simple: you and your loved one both enter a virtual room and when your fingers touch the same spot, the phone vibrates.
 

The app was created by the GSP BETA Group—a group of developers, UX specialists, producers, creatives and other makers that use technology to find creative solutions to problems. 
 

To promote the app, the group also made a strange little video, featuring a weirdly sweet theme song, which was written and performed by GSP founder and co-chairman Jeff Goodby. 

 

 

Download the app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/touch-room/id689802194?mt=8