Team Members: Mohammad Hadhrawi, Dave Miranowski, Vasant Ram, Douglas Sanchez

Description:  A unique interface in the physical shape of a magnifying glass.  This interface reveals latent digital information (“shadow”) about everyday objects such as how they are constructed or how they work.  Similar to a traditional magnifying glass, as a user moves our device closer or farther away (tangible-interface), the nature of the displayed information changes from a high-level overview to atomic-scale like detail.

Presentation: Project1_Magnify_Reveal

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Contributions:

Ideation: Dave, Doug, Moe, Vasant.
Physical Prototype: Dave.
Filming: Dave, Moe, Doug.
Programming: Moe
Presentation Content: Dave, Doug, Moe, Vasant.
Presentation Editing: Doug, Moe

Name of the project: Cord UI

Team Members: Patrick Johan Nicolaas van Hoof,Philipp Schoessler,Sang Leigh & Krithika Jagannath

 

Text description of your project system: Cords are usually viewed as messy and unsightly objects. Wireless technologies have been used for a while now to enable data connectivity in most computers or mobile phones and are also being used increasingly to charge devices and appliances, thereby eliminating the necessity of cords. Still, wires and cords are here to stay for at least a few more decades. In this project, we developed novel ways to render a new appeal to cords, and thereby make a case for their presence. In our research we came across papers in which ropes were used as tangible objects with digital shadows as well as instances where a few artists have used cords in a creative manner to accentuate decor. We decided to use the cord or cable itself in a novel way, to represent a certain functionality of the device depending on the shape (knots, coils, etc) and touch (pressure, intensity).

More details in the document here: CordUI P1 Text Description

At least three pictures demonstrating your system:

A link to your presentation slides: CORD_UI_131016_PRESENTATION
Video link to youtube or vimeo (optional): https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=tRhWitEM8Qw

Group Members:

Ideation: Michael Degen, Jason Tucker, Cindy Hsin-Liu Kao, Michael Chuah

Video Production and Compositing: Michael Degen, Jason Tucker

Media Design: Michael Degen, Jason Tucker

Programming (OpenFrameworks Prototype): Cindy Hsin-Liu Kao, Michael Chuah

Paper is an ubiquitous material in our everyday lives, with interactions that are tactile and familiar. Hold and Fold exploits the flexible properties of paper, starting with its ability to fold into defined physical surfaces which manipulate the dimensions of the digital world.

Hold+Fold Presentation

Hold+Fold Video

Team members: Felix Heibeck and Basheer Tome
Description: We introduce a physically-grounded node programming environment that allows for multimedia editing with the benefit of physical affordances.
Slides: Presentation PDF
Extras: Initial Ideas Video Sketch
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