Rich and Joyful Interfaces:On Chairs, Sushi and Granulatsynthese

Steffi Beckhaus

interactive media virtual environmentsUniversity of Hamburg

Steffi Beckhaus im ve lab University of Hamburg

Steffi Beckhaus im ve lab University of Hamburg

How much experiencing is in...

?

Steffi Beckhaus im ve lab University of Hamburg

How much experiencing is in...

?

Steffi Beckhaus im ve lab University of Hamburg

We are used to much more than that...

!

Steffi Beckhaus im ve lab University of Hamburg

Rich and joyful examples of HCI

• Movement and passive, implicit feedback:ChairIO

• Playful Sandbox: GranulatSynthese

• Sushi ?

im ve lab

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move forward

move backward

orientation

move right

move left

Traveling Virtual Worlds

ChairIO - the Chair-based interface

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ChairIO Technical Setup

Polhemus Patriot • 2 electromagnetic

sensors• VRPN

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ChairIO meets games and desktop

shown at ars electronica festival 2006, Int. Automobil Salon 2006, IEEE VR 2005published in book „Pervasive Games“, Ed: Magerkurth, Rötzler and 3DUI 2005

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Frogger, Pacman

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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (EA Games)

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Further information

http://imve.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/projects/chairio

interactive tabletop installations

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Responsive Workbench 1993, Wolfgang Krüger

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interactive table technology

ARToolkit, reactable, Multitouch J. Han

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GranulatSynthese

Martin Berghoff

Roland Schröder-Kroll

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GranulatSynthese

Eurographics 2007 „John Landsdown Award“ for interactive digital art

Back to the sandbox - Playful Interaction with Granules Landscapes, TEI 2008, Beckhaus et al.

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IR Camera

IR Light Source

Projector WaveImageSoundFile

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Steffi Beckhaus im ve lab University of Hamburg

Steffi Beckhaus im ve lab University of Hamburg

Shape Based Interaction

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Amount Based Interaction

a) not wanted parameter is covereduncovered = 1, covered = 0

b) wanted parameter is coveredcovered = 1, uncovered = 0

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Granulinge - the game

sweet small animals

bad ugly monsters

the plot: bad monster feed on sweet, small, innocent beings

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Granulinge

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IR Camera

IR Light Source

Projector WaveImage

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Sushi? I love Sushi!

merge real and virtual

put people in the center

radically re-think human computer interaction

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Collaborators

Kristopher J. BlomMatthias HaringerRoland Schröder-KrollMartin Berghoff

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Exploring support for a full sensory experience

Exploring into „post-WIMP“ interaction

Developing systems and methods to aid human centred development

A human centred approach to Virtual Reality

im.ve - interactive media.virtual environments, University of HamburgSteffi Beckhaus, http://imve.informatik.uni-hamburg.de

e.g. olfaction, 3D audio, a spatial soundfloor

e.g. the ChairIO, Navigation & Interaction Toolkits for VR, Shape-Based Interaction

e.g. olfaction, 3D audio,spatial soundfloor

e.g. ACTIF-an interactor centric interaction framework,biophysiological measurement of user experience, dramaturgical elements for VR and affective CG