Sensory Perception & Interaction Research Group

University of British Columbia

Living Phones

Start Year: 
2011
End Year: 
2013

Flexible display technology opens up a world of possibilities for novel interaction techniques. We wondered if smartphones could use life-like movement to communicate information to users; and found that gestural displays were a powerful way to get attention and convey emotional information.

 

 

SPIN People: 
Oliver Schneider
Non Spin people: 
Jessica Dawson, Joel Ferstay, Dereck Toker, Juliette Link, Shathel Haddad
Publications: 
Dawson, J., Schneider, O., Ferstay, J., Toker, D., Link, J., Haddad, S. and MacLean, K. E. “It’s Alive! Exploring the Concept of a Living Phone,” in Proc. of Graphics Interface, Regina CAN, pp. 205-212, 2013.
Tags: 
affect
interaction design
mobile
rendering emotion