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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Tangible interface"”.
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StoryTIME: development of a tangible interface for storytelling
… and digitalization process by leveraging tangible interfaces and projected augmented reality. The presented system works by capturing and recording the motion of physical props such as small toys and figurines which are then applied to a virtual counterpart. We discuss the design and …
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A tangible interface for a virtual reality presentation and design
… opinion to the project. This thesis introduces a Tangible Interface for Virtual Reality Presentation and Design (TIVR). TIVR is designed to establish an intuitive, interactive user interface that will enable better communication between architects, city planners, clients, neighborhoods, and …
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SoundStrand : a tangible interface for composing music with limited degrees of freedom
This thesis presents SoundStrand, a novel tangible interface for composing music. A new paradigm is also presented - one that allows for music composition with limited degrees of freedom, and therefore is well suited for music creation through the use of tangible interfaces. SoundStrand is …
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The illuminated design environment : a 3-D tangible interface for landscape analysis
… visual emphasis in current computer aided design interfaces. It describes the potential advantages of computer interfaces that allow a greater degree of physical interaction and it describes previous work that has attempted this goal. It describes the implementation of the Illuminated Design …
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Tangible interfaces for interactive point-of-view narratives
… for interactive point-of- view narratives using tangible interface technology. The focus is the design and development of computational story models and interfaces that enable users to experience new forms of interaction with stories in the digital medium. Specifically, I propose that having …
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Software architectural support for tangible user interfaces in distributed, heterogeneous computing environments
… focuses on tools that support the development of tangible interaction-based applications for distributed computing environments. Applications built with these tools are capable of utilizing heterogeneous resources for tangible interaction and can be reconfigured for different contexts with minimal …
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TactiForm : a touch sensitive actuated shape display as a dynamic interactive user interface for geospatial visual analytic systems
… analytic systems that use real-time interactive interfaces enable effective problem solving and decision making by supporting intuitive data modelling, visualization, and analysis. In the oil and gas industry, these technologies are essential as they allow expert users to discover valuable …
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Tangible interfaces for manipulating aggregates of digital information
… information. These support the concept of Tangible User Interfaces (TUIs), a genre of human-computer interaction that uses spatially reconfigurable physical objects as representations and controls for digital information. The thesis supports the manipulation of information aggregates …
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Augmented material interfaces : exploring bidirectional microinteractions enabled by radical elements
… This thesis concludes with a survey of tangible interface projects in the design space of radical element enabled augmented materials.
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Topobo : a 3-D constructive assembly system with kinetic memory
… various types of walking robots suggests that a tangible interface can support understanding how balance, leverage and gravity affect moving structures because the interface itself responds to the forces of nature that constrain such systems.
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Where virtual meets reality : empowering the public with tangible and digital vision building tools
… presented for vision creation included both a tangible, model-making framework and a digital, virtual reality component. Residents at a public meeting would start the visioning process by 'playing out' their ideas using physical LEGOTM blocks. The intuitive and simple tangible interface of …
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ZeroN : mid-Air tangible interaction enabled by computer controlled magnetic levitation
This thesis presents a concept of mid-air tangible interaction and a system called ZeroN that was developed to enable this interaction. Through this research, I extend the tabletop tangible interaction modalities which have been confined to 2D surfaces into 3D space above the surface. Users are …
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HYPERsensarium : an archive of atmospheric conditions
HYPERsensarium proposes a tangible interface of atmospheres for public experience through an archive of historical and projected weathers. While architecture's purpose has long been to act as the technical boundary between the body and nature's elements this thesis seeks to re-expose the body to …
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Towards expressive mobile robots
… consumer framework and are realized through tangible interface elements, such as color, animated eyes, and character specific motion profiles. Finally, the use of priming using familiar characters from popular culture as a means to enhance the recognition of character traits is explored. The …
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Sculpting behavior : a tangible language for hands-on play and learning
… world works. Recent efforts in the design of "tangible user interfaces" (TUIs) for learning have sought to bring together interaction models like direct manipulation and pedagogical frameworks like constructivism to make new, often complex, ideas salient for young children. Tangible interfaces …
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DeadZone : inhabiting the hypoxic system
… network of interventions offering a platform or tangible interface for maritime institutes to utilize as a catalyst to generate soft boundaries of oxygenated waters for animal life attraction, harvesting algae, as well as progressing data throughout the Louisiana-Texas shelf for the understanding …
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Dolltalk : a computational toy to enhance narrative perspective-talking
… in oral storytelling. This thesis presents a tangible interface that allows children to practice pre-literacy skills using oral language. It introduces Dolltalk, a system that facilitates children's ability to take narrative perspectives through the mechanism of reporting speech. The toy …
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Disrupting Monocultural Tendencies through Multimodal Montage
… projects such as `The Whistleblower' (2023), a tangible archive within an everyday object, and `A Mystery for You' (2023-24), a fact-checking game that merges a tangible interface with a large language model (LLM). These works exemplify the thesis's argument that artistic interventions can …
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Pebbles and Urns: A Tangible, Presence-Based Service Delivery Framework
… inexpensive human-to-device and device-to-device interfaces, and user<br />decision making support with opportunistic information services.<br /><br />This dissertation investigates the design and implementation of a general-purpose framework<br />upon which IoT and opportunistic computing (OC) …
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Progetto di reti Sensori Wireless e tecniche di Fusione Sensoriale
… computing, ubiquitous communication and natural interfaces. The dependence on a large amount of fixed and mobile sensors embedded into the environment makes of Wireless Sensor Networks one of the most relevant enabling technologies for AmI. WSN are complex systems made up of a number of sensor …