In search of metaphors for tangible user intefaces

  • Authors:
  • Dag Svanaes;William Verplank

  • Affiliations:
  • Computer Science Department, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, N-7034 Norway;Interval Research, 1801 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto

  • Venue:
  • DARE '00 Proceedings of DARE 2000 on Designing augmented reality environments
  • Year:
  • 2000

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Abstract

In this paper, we seek to identify interesting sources of metaphor for tangible user interfaces (TUIs). We begin by doing a systematic exploration of the design space that results from constructing simple TUI devices. From this we argue that a new set of metaphors are needed for this domain. From usability tests of simple tangible devices, we suggest that magic and paranormal phenomena could be a fruitful place to look for new metaphors for TUIs.