In touch with space: embodying live data for tangible interaction

  • Authors:
  • Trevor Hogan;Eva Hornecker

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK;University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction
  • Year:
  • 2013

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Abstract

This paper introduces two devices; H3 ('Hydrogen cubed') and a Solar Radiation Dowsing Rod, both crossmodal data-driven artefacts that represent live data streams using haptic-auditory feedback. The motivation for creating these artefacts was to offer casual users the opportunity to interact with data that would normally only be explored by experts, with the aim of stimulating curiosity, intrigue and awareness. In addition to the description of the devices, we discuss the concept behind their design and initial observations from a user study.