TY - GEN
T1 - Tangible drops
T2 - 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2018
AU - Sahoo, Deepak Ranjan
AU - Neate, Timothy
AU - Tokuda, Yutaka
AU - Pearson, Jennifer
AU - Robinson, Simon
AU - Subramanian, Sriram
AU - Jones, Matt
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PY - 2018/4/20
Y1 - 2018/4/20
N2 - We present Tangible Drops, a visio-tactile display that for the first time provides physical visualization and tactile feedback using a planar liquid interface. It presents digital information interactively by tracing dynamic patterns on horizontal flat surfaces using liquid metal drops on a programmable electrode array. It provides tactile feedback with directional information in the 2D vector plane using linear locomotion and/or vibration of the liquid metal drops. We demonstrate move, oscillate, merge, split and dispense-from-reservoir functions of the liquid metal drops by consuming low power (450mW per electrode) and low voltage (8-15 V). We report on results of our empirical study with 12 participants on tactile feedback using 8mm diameter drops, which indicate that Tangible Drops can convey tactile sensations such as changing speed, varying direction and controlled oscillation with no visual feedback. We present the design space and demonstrate the applications of Tangible Drops, and conclude by suggesting potential future applications for the technique.
AB - We present Tangible Drops, a visio-tactile display that for the first time provides physical visualization and tactile feedback using a planar liquid interface. It presents digital information interactively by tracing dynamic patterns on horizontal flat surfaces using liquid metal drops on a programmable electrode array. It provides tactile feedback with directional information in the 2D vector plane using linear locomotion and/or vibration of the liquid metal drops. We demonstrate move, oscillate, merge, split and dispense-from-reservoir functions of the liquid metal drops by consuming low power (450mW per electrode) and low voltage (8-15 V). We report on results of our empirical study with 12 participants on tactile feedback using 8mm diameter drops, which indicate that Tangible Drops can convey tactile sensations such as changing speed, varying direction and controlled oscillation with no visual feedback. We present the design space and demonstrate the applications of Tangible Drops, and conclude by suggesting potential future applications for the technique.
KW - Kinetic interface
KW - Liquid metal
KW - Non-rigid interface
KW - Programmable matter
KW - Rheological interface
KW - Tactile feedback
KW - Tangible Drops
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85046952863
UR - https://www.scopus.com/record/pubmetrics.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85046952863&origin=recordpage
U2 - 10.1145/3173574.3173751
DO - 10.1145/3173574.3173751
M3 - RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication)
SN - 9781450356206
SN - 9781450356213
VL - 2018-April
T3 - Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
BT - CHI 2018 - Extended Abstracts of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Engage with CHI
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
Y2 - 21 April 2018 through 26 April 2018
ER -