The Tangible Media Group from MIT has developed an approach to
responsive design in physical space that is both conceptual and
plausible, futuristic yet already a reality.
watch video of this... http://vimeo.com/91406395
Displaying their work this year at Milan, the group unveiled Transform, an extension of their amazing interactive inFORM user experience invention from last year.
watch more videos of this... http://vimeo.com/91254495
1,000 independently-mobile squares shift up and down to shape bowls
and surfaces – with even more such ‘pixels’ of a soft material the same
technology could be applied to chairs and couches, too.
The morphing surfaces in play can be manipulated in all kind of ways,
from passively sensing your mood (and changing shape accordingly) to
responding directly to commands, gestures, movements or remote control.
Their approach grows out of a notion that we increasingly take for
granted: computers are moving into everything, not just dedicated
laptops or handheld devices but everyday objects all around us.
watch this amazing video... http://vimeo.com/79179138
This video shows where it all started, with inFORM, a “Dynamic
Shape Display that can render 3D content physically, so users can
interact with digital information in a tangible way. inFORM can also
interact with the physical world around it, for example moving objects
on the table’s surface. Remote participants in a video conference can be
displayed physically, allowing for a strong sense of presence and the
ability to interact physically at a distance.”
