TiltStacks: Composing shape-changing interfaces using tilting and stacking of modules

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  • John Tiab
  • Sebastian Boring
  • Paul Strohmeier
  • Anders Markussen
  • Jason Alexander
  • Hornbæk, Kasper

Many shape-changing interfaces use an array of actuated rods to create a display surface; each rod working as a pixel. However, this approach only supports pixel height manipulation and cannot produce more radical shape changes of each pixel (and thus of the display). Examples of such changes include non-horizontal pixels, pixels that overhang other pixels, or variable gaps between pixels. We present a concept for composing shape-changing interfaces by vertically stacking tilt-enabled modules. Together, stacking and tilting allow us to create a more diverse range of display surfaces than using arrays. We demonstrate this concept through TiltStacks, a shape-changing prototype built using stacked linear actuators and displays. Each tiltable module provides three degrees of freedom (z-movement, roll, and pitch); two more degrees of freedom are added through stacking modules (i.e., planar x- and y-movement).

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAVI 2018 - Proceedings of the 2018 International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces
EditorsTiziana Catarci, Andrea Marrella, Francesco Leotta, Massimo Mecella
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
Publication date29 May 2018
Article numbera44
ISBN (Electronic)9781450356169
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 29 May 2018
Event14th International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces, AVI 2018 - Grosseto, Italy
Duration: 29 May 20181 Jun 2018

Conference

Conference14th International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces, AVI 2018
LandItaly
ByGrosseto
Periode29/05/201801/06/2018
SponsorACM Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction (SIGCHI), ACM Special Interest Group on Hypertext, Hypermedia, and Web (SIGWEB), ACM Special Interest Group on Multimedia (SIGMM)

    Research areas

  • Compositional concept, Shape-changing interfaces, Stacking, Tilting

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