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Universal Threshold Object: Designing Haptic Interaction for Televised Interactive Narratives

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Hank Blumenthal,

Abhishek Nandakumar,

Balasubramanium Ganapathi,

Ali MazalekAuthors Info & Claims

TEI '15: Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction

Pages 285 - 292

https://doi.org/10.1145/2677199.2680563

Published: 15 January 2015 Publication History

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The "Universal Threshold Object" is a tangible device for television-like interactive narratives based on the TV show American Horror Story. The project uses gestural interactions with a tangible controller that provides haptic feedback as an interaction strategy to augment the narrative pleasures of immersion and dramatic agency. We leverage a branching scenario and story-driven gestural interaction with haptic feedback to provide limited sets of interactivity suitable for a television platform. From our research, design goals, and design process, we provide design implications for interactive narratives that employ gestural and haptic interactions.

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Universal Threshold Object: Designing Haptic Interaction for Televised Interactive Narratives
1. Applied computing
  1. Computers in other domains
    1. Personal computers and PC applications
2. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)

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TEI '15: Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction

January 2015

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ISBN:9781450333054

DOI:10.1145/2677199

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Stanford University, USA
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Stanford University, USA
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Simon Fraser University, Canada
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Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
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