有愈來愈多人離開原本所成長的家到外地居住，而對於分離的家人來說，他們與
親人之間社會連結是基本且需要的。這樣的社會背景下，在「家」的環境中，人們與他們的親密社交族群如何溝通是一個重要的議題。
本研究將針對分離的親密社交族群，提供一種新型的感知系統HyperWindow，讓
分離的家人能產生住在一起的感覺，HyperWindow 設計了一種機制，讓雙方使用者可藉由開關窗的方式來控制他們的隱私層級。
從提出概念到原型實作，最後將舉行實驗室實驗，將HperWindow 與目標族群受
測，結果顯示HyperWindow 能成功產生住在一起的感覺，人們也願意接受HyperWindow安裝在他們家中。

More and more people live apart from their raised home after they grow up. Therefore, family social connection is needed and important for them. Under this social background, how people communicate with their intimate social in home environment is an important issue. In this study, we will introduce a novel awareness system HyperWindow for separate intimate socials to create a feeling of living together. A mechanism for mutual users to control their privacy level in the manner of open/close window was developed. From bringing out concept to robust prototype implementation, we held a laboratory study and tested HyperWindow with our target subjects. The result shows that HyperWindow is success in creating a feeling of living together and people are willing to accept HyperWindow in the future.

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