TY - GEN
T1 - Blob manipulation
AU - Wakita, Akira
AU - Nakano, Akito
PY - 2012/4/2
Y1 - 2012/4/2
N2 - This paper introduces Blob Manipulation, the interaction technique with fluidic soft matter. Most of the soft matters are substances between liquid and solid and possess viscoelasticity. We focus on this materiality and propose a novel interaction technique. A stirring rod is used as the input tool. When the system detects a user input such as touching, rubbing or tapping, the corresponding transformation will be executed. Six basic operations were designed to transform fluidic soft matter geometrically and topologically. Rheological user interface associated with metamorphose is expected to pioneer new possibilities for design, education and entertainment.
AB - This paper introduces Blob Manipulation, the interaction technique with fluidic soft matter. Most of the soft matters are substances between liquid and solid and possess viscoelasticity. We focus on this materiality and propose a novel interaction technique. A stirring rod is used as the input tool. When the system detects a user input such as touching, rubbing or tapping, the corresponding transformation will be executed. Six basic operations were designed to transform fluidic soft matter geometrically and topologically. Rheological user interface associated with metamorphose is expected to pioneer new possibilities for design, education and entertainment.
KW - Blob
KW - Materiality
KW - Programmable Matter
KW - Rheological User Interface
KW - Soft Matter
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U2 - 10.1145/2148131.2148193
DO - 10.1145/2148131.2148193
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84859046748
SN - 9781450311748
T3 - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction, TEI 2012
SP - 299
EP - 302
BT - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction, TEI 2012
T2 - 6th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction, TEI 2012
Y2 - 19 February 2012 through 22 February 2012
ER -