The lega: a device for leaving and finding tactile traces

Authors:
Jarmo Laaksolahti;Jakob Tholander;Marcus Lundén;Jordi Solsona Belenguer;Anna Karlsson;Tove Jaensson
Affiliations:
Mobile Life @ SICS, Kista, Sweden;Stockholm University, Kista, Sweden;Mobile Life @ SICS, Kista, Sweden;KTH, Kista, Sweden;Mobile Life @ SICS, Kista, Sweden;TeliaSonera, Farsta, Sweden
Venue:
Proceedings of the fifth international conference on Tangible, embedded, and embodied interaction
Year:
2010

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Abstract

This paper describes experiences from development and deployment of the Lega, a hand held device for physical sharing of experiences during an art exhibition. Touching and moving the device in different ways creates a tactile trace that can be experienced by others through their own device. The system was successfully deployed at an art exhibition for two months where user studies were performed. Here we present some general observations regarding the systems performance and discuss issues that we encountered.