Impress is a tactile touchscreen created by Silke Silsing from FH Würzburg, and is a matter of a flexible display consisting of foam and force sensors which is deformable and feels pleasantly soft. Impress works with the parameters position and time like other touch screens as well, but in addition to that, it reacts, above all, on the intensity of pressure. impress – flexible display from Sillenet on Vimeo. For more information visit the website. Via
Tangible Media
Tangible Media: Interactive Bars
As we discussed previously, tangible media is becoming a reality day after day and one of the most attractive applications are the interactive surfaces in bars and restaurants. Springwise published recently a post covering iBar, a commercial solution by Mindstrom that enables any bar with a multi-touch and interactive digital surface. The iBar is equiped with a software that continually maps the position of every object touching the surface and then triggers projected content that interact dinamically with the movement in the counter. Multiple people can interact at once and can even start games or enable bluetooth technology to let users download content. Imagine a bar that can detect when your product’s pack is placed on the bar… and then trigger other actions, maybe online, maybe not… To learn more visit: Springwise or Mindstorm
Tangible Media: The future on the user’s experience
Along the time we have been forced to adapt our habits to new technologies that promise to facilitate the way in which we work. Thus, we have adopted the mouse and the keyboard as the main tools to interact with computers. We have also adopted the windows concept and the fact that we can only make one task at a time (minimize a window, scroll or change the window’s size are tasks that can’t be performed simultaneously) as our paradigm for human-computer interaction. Smashing Magazine published recently an article showing some improvements regarding the user’s experience. Cheoptics360 It is a product by Vizoo that can display 3D holograms with an altitude from 1.5 to 30 meters, regardless it is outside or inside. Reactable It is a collaborative musical instrument with a touchable interface in which many users can control the instruments simultaneously by moving or rotating physical objects that are Seguir leyendo
Tangible Media: El futuro de la experiencia del usuario
A lo largo del tiempo hemos tenido que adaptar nuestros hábitos a nuevas tecnologías que prometen facilitar la manera en la que trabajamos. De esta manera hemos adoptado al mouse y el teclado como las herramientas básicas de interacción con una computadora. Hemos también adoptado el concepto de las ventanas y el hecho de que sólo podemos hacer una cosa a la vez (minimizar una pantalla, hacer scroll o cambiarla de tamaño son tareas que no podemos hacer simultáneamente) como paradigma de la interacción humano-computadora. Smashing Magazine publicó recientemente un artículo donde muestra algunos avances en cuanto a experiencia del usuario se refiere. Cheoptics360 Es un producto creado por Vizoo que puede proyectar hologramas en 3D desde 1.5 hasta 30 metros de altura, tanto en interiores como en exteriores. Reactable Es un instrumento musical colaborativo con una interfaz táctil con la cual múltiples usuarios en simultáneo pueden controlar el instrumento Seguir leyendo