Transcript Slurp: Tangibility, Spatiality, and an Eyedropper

Slurp: Tangibility, Spatiality, and an
Eyedropper
Jamie Zigelbaum
MIT Media Lab
Cambridge, Mass. 02139 USA
Alejandro Vazquez
MIT
Cambridge, Mass. 02139 USA
Adam Kumpf
MIT Media Lab
Cambridge, Mass. 02139 USA
Hiroshi Ishii
MIT Media Lab
Cambridge, Mass. 02139 USA
CHI 2008
Outline
• Introduction
• Tangible Interfaces and Abstract Digital
Media
• Slurp
• Conclusion
Introduction
• Tangible user interface (TUI) has emerged as a
powerful concept for blending computation
with the real world.
Tangible Interfaces and Abstract Digital
Media
• Liquid Metaphor
• Abstract Digital Media
Slurp
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A Digital Eyedropper
IR Nodes
Multisensory Feedback
Locative Media
Smart-Office
GUI—TUI Blending
A Digital Eyedropper
• Two parts
– Stem
• tri-color LED
– Bulb
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printed circuit board and batteries
a force sensitive resistor (FSR)
vibrotactile actuator
tri-color LED
IR Nodes
• infrared data communication (IrDA) to act as
gateways between Slurp and the objects or
devices with which it communicates.
Multisensory Feedback
• Haptic
– provides feedback on Slurp’s state and mirrors
targeted objects.
• Color
– During injection, light moves from the bulb to the
stem and then fades out.
Locative Media
• user can extract the object and inject it into a
container
Smart-Office
• moving files directly from one screen to
another.
GUI—TUI Blending
• A logical next step for Slurp would be to add it
to existing tangible interfaces.
Conclusion
• explore a novel interaction technique through
prototyping, use, and reflection in order to
better understand some of the current issues
in tangible interface design.
Q&A