pneuForm: interacting with physical form through dynamic replication
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Juli Edyta Sikorska, Yi Tong, Clark Della Silva, Malika Singh, 
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Juli Edyta Sikorska, Yi Tong, Clark Della Silva, Malika Singh, Saurabh MhatreAuthors Info & ClaimsPages 297 - 298
Abstract
PneuForm is a new method for interacting with a physical form through dynamic replication. As fabrics are versatile and have unique properties that can be used to sense and replicate any object, they can serve as a medium for creating user interfaces. PneuForm explores the missing real-time connection between a physical and a digital model, using a flat piece of programmable fabric. Data is transmitted from a TUI to a GUI through a 3D model, allowing for a bidirectional interaction (i.e. changes made on the GUI affect the physical model and vice versa), and thus allows for the material to be programmed to perform certain actions. To test and evaluate the ideas, we built prototypes by augmenting a sheet of fabric with sensors and using pneumatic actuation. PneuForm can contribute to a quicker, more seamless and intuitive process of ideation, vizualization and fabrication.
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