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V. Michael Bove Jr.
Rozendo Xavier dos Santos, Caroline.
Program in Media Arts and Sciences (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Program in Media Arts and Sciences (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
2020-03-09T18:52:38Z
2020-03-09T18:52:38Z
2019
2019
https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/124080
1142235419
Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Architecture and Planning, Program in Media Arts and Sciences, 2019
Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 73-79).
User Interfaces rely on the mediation between control and representation. The model of Tangible User Interfaces (TUI) proposes to blur the barrier between the two, but while in many cases the output can be literally materialized, direct representation is harder to achieve when information is immaterial or complex. Meaningful mental connections from perceptual qualities to high-level ideas make it possible to use visual representations for actions and immaterial concepts, which can provide mappings for dynamic input. Focusing on associations between shapes and sounds, this thesis investigates the potential for using non-iconic shape metaphors to enable interactions in which digital information is controlled by a perceptual language of form. The idea is demonstrated through a deformable device whose physical form can be redefined by hand manipulation. Each new form materializes ideas and sensations produced by sound, so the input device becomes, in itself, a physical representation of the output.
by Caroline Rozendo Xavier dos Santos.
S.M.
S.M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Architecture and Planning, Program in Media Arts and Sciences
83 pages
eng
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Program in Media Arts and Sciences
PerForm : deformable interface for dynamic representation of sound through meaningful shapes
Per Form : deformable interface for dynamic representation of sound through meaningful shapes
Deformable interface for dynamic representation of sound through meaningful shapes
Thesis
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