User created tangible controls using ForceForm: A dynamically deformable interactive surface

Jessica Tsimeris, Duncan Stevenson, Matt Adcock, Tom Gedeon, Michael Broughton

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    Abstract

    Touch surfaces are common devices but they are often uniformly flat and provide little flexibility beyond changing the visual information communicated to the user via software. Furthermore, controls for interaction are not tangible and are usually specified and placed by the user interface designer. Using ForceForm, a dynamically deformable interactive surface, the user is able to directly sculpt the surface to create tangible controls with force feedback properties. These controls can be made according to the user's specifications, and can then be relinquished when no longer needed. We describe this method of interaction, provide an implementation of a slider, and ideas for further controls.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationUIST 2013 Adjunct - Adjunct Publication of the 26th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology
    Pages95-96
    Number of pages2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2013
    Event26th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, UIST 2013 - St. Andrews, United Kingdom
    Duration: 8 Oct 201311 Oct 2013

    Publication series

    NameUIST 2013 Adjunct - Adjunct Publication of the 26th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology

    Conference

    Conference26th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, UIST 2013
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    CitySt. Andrews
    Period8/10/1311/10/13

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