{"id":522,"date":"2015-02-22T18:08:58","date_gmt":"2015-02-22T23:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tigoe.net\/blog\/?p=522"},"modified":"2015-02-22T18:13:22","modified_gmt":"2015-02-22T23:13:22","slug":"physical-responses-of-dials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tigoe.com\/blog\/category\/misc\/522\/","title":{"rendered":"Physical Responses of Dials"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s a really nice video of one of the more memorable (for me) presentations at TEI15<\/a>. The paper\/demo was “Comparing Pictorial and Tangible Notations of Force Image Schemas”, by\u00a0J\u00f6rn Hurtienne (Julius-Maximilians-Universit\u00e4t),\u00a0Diana L\u00f6ffler (Julius-Maximilians-Universit\u00e4t),\u00a0Patty Gadegast (Hochschule Magdeburg-Stendal), and\u00a0Steffi Hu\u00dflein (Hochschule Magdeburg-Stendal).<\/p>\n

In the paper\/demo, they showed various models for the behavior of a knob to indicate something about the property it was controlling. For example, a knob might resist turning past a particular range, might be attracted to default values or repelled by impossible values, and so forth. The video (see below) shows a series of knobs they built to demonstrate all of these different behaviors. It’s one thing to see them, and another to feel them, of course. But I felt it was a very clear demonstration of how simple controls could be given\u00a0behaviors that reflect more complex states. \u00a0Watch the video and enjoy.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Diana L\u00f6ffler<\/a> for sending me the video link.<\/p>\n

Here’s the paper<\/a>, linked from Diana’s page. Here’s the ACM archive link<\/a> too.<\/p>\n