PerForm : deformable interface for dynamic representation of sound through meaningful shapes

User Interfaces rely on the mediation between control and representation. The model of Tangible User Interfaces (TUI) proposes to blur the barrier between the two, but while in many cases the output can be literally materialized, direct representation is harder to achieve when information is immaterial or complex. Meaningful mental connections from perceptual qualities to high-level ideas make it possible to use visual representations for actions and immaterial concepts, which can provide mappings for dynamic input. Focusing on associations between shapes and sounds, this thesis investigates the potential for using non-iconic shape metaphors to enable interactions in which digital information is controlled by a perceptual language of form. The idea is demonstrated through a deformable device whose physical form can be redefined by hand manipulation. Each new form materializes ideas and sensations produced by sound, so the input device becomes, in itself, a physical representation of the output.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master

Department dc:contributor.department

Program in Media Arts and Sciences (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2019

Author dc:creator

• Rozendo Xavier dos Santos, Caroline.

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• V. Michael Bove Jr.

• Program in Media Arts and Sciences

Statement dc:rights

• MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission.

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/124080

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/124080