Tangible needle, digital haystack: tangible interfaces for reusing media content organized by similarity

  • Authors:

  • Christian Frisson;François Rocca;Stéphane Dupont;Thierry Dutoit;Damien Grobet;Rudi Giot;Mohammed El Brouzi;Samir Bouaziz;Willy Yvart;Sylvie Merviel

  • Affiliations:

  • Université de Mons (UMONS), Mons, Belgium;Université de Mons (UMONS), Mons, Belgium;Université de Mons (UMONS), Mons, Belgium;Université de Mons (UMONS), Mons, Belgium;Universitaire de Bruxelles (ISIB), Bruxelles, Belgium;Universitaire de Bruxelles (ISIB), Bruxelles, Belgium;Université Paris-Sud, Orsay cedex, France;Université Paris-Sud, Orsay cedex, France;Université de Valenciennes et du Hainaut-Cambrésis (UVHC), Valenciennes, France;Université de Valenciennes et du Hainaut-Cambrésis (UVHC), Valenciennes, France

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction
  • Year:
  • 2014

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Abstract

This paper presents the design process of a desk-set tangible user interface for the navigation and manipulation of media content organized by content-based similarity with off-the-shelf/flea market devices. For intra-media navigation, a refurbished portable vinyl player has its inside mechanics replaced by a webcam monitoring circular gray code analyzed through computer vision for position/speed tracking. For inter-media navigation, a 3D force-feedback controller is mounted in upright position on a truss with cell clamps, repurposed as trackpad. For media recomposition, motorized faders recall the effect presets of the closest/last selected media item.