Abstract
Toolkits for shape-changing interfaces (SCIs) enable designers and researchers to easily explore the broad design space of SCIs. However, despite their utility, existing approaches are often limited in the number of shape-change features they can express. This paper introduces MorpheesPlug , a toolkit for creating SCIs that covers seven of the eleven shape-change features identified in the literature. MorpheesPlug is comprised of (1) a set of six standardized widgets that express the shape-change features with user-definable parameters; (2) software for 3D-modeling the widgets to create 3D-printable pneumatic SCIs; and (3) a hardware platform to control the widgets. To evaluate MorpheesPlug we carried out ten open-ended interviews with novice and expert designers who were asked to design a SCI using our software. Participants highlighted the ease of use and expressivity of the MorpheesPlug.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems |
Number of pages | 15 |
Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery |
Publication date | 2021 |
Pages | 1-13 |
Article number | 101 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-1-4503-8096-6/21/05 |
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Publication status | Published - 2021 |
Event | CHI 2021 Virtual Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Duration: 8 May 2021 → 13 May 2021 https://chi2021.acm.org/ |
Conference
Conference | CHI 2021 Virtual Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems |
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Period | 08/05/2021 → 13/05/2021 |
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