Illumination Aesthetics

Torres, César; O'Leary, Jasper Tran; Nicholas, Molly Jane; Paulos, Eric

doi:10.1145/3025453.3025466

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“…Other computational design practices leverage sketch-based interactions: Schneider et al [43] demonstrate the additional flexibility of encoding actuation behaviors for vibration with spatially-aware vector representations. Sketchbased annotations have been further used to define how graphical elements move in virtual space, exposing time and space as formal variables within animation [22,23], and encode optimized geometries for light displays [47] and mechanical linkage systems [24]. Similarly, firework [2] or Christmas light [1] displays encode the repertoire of the practice, incorporating mechanisms for choreographing control across multiple actors.…”

Section: Exploratory Environments and Actuation Designmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Conversation with Actuators

Torres

Nicholas

Lee

et al. 2019

Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction

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An exciting, expanding palette of hybrid materials is emerging that can be programmed to actuate by a range of external and internal stimuli. However, there exists a dichotomy between the physicality of the actuators and the intangible computational signal that is used to program them. For material practitioners, this lack of physical cues limits their ability to engage in a "conversation with materials" (CwM). This paper presents a creative workstation for supporting this epistemological style by bringing a stronger physicality to the computational signal and balance the conversation between physical and digital actors. The station utilizes a streaming architecture to distribute control across multiple devices and leverage the rich spatial cognition that a physical space affords. Through a formal user study, we characterize the actuation design practice supported by the CwM workstation and discuss opportunities for tangible interfaces to hybrid materials. CCS Concepts•Human-centered computing → Interactive systems and tools; Systems and tools for interaction design;

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