Rover@Home was an exploration into computer mediated remote interaction between Humans and Dogs. It was the basis for Ben Resner's Masters Thesis. Essentially, it was an internet implementation of Clicker Training. While on the surface it may seem a bit goofy, the fact remains that there are 60 million households that have dogs and some set of those dog owners would enjoy interacting with their dog over the internet when they can't be there in person. It is also a remarkably interesting design problem to develop an interface that its rewarding and interesting for each party when the parties to the interaction differ in motivational, cognitive, perceptual and motor abilities.

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