My work in this project is focusing on tangible computing which is exploring ways to extend (exploit) our physical and tactile skills.

 

My goal is to effectively design an interactive tactile interface capable of stimulating intimate multi-sensory experiences. The research aimed to investigate the touch qualities of designed tactile manipulations, in order to create immersive experience.

 

Material quality... softness? Material properties.. texture..? Cycles of observation of participants’ behavior in previous show and tell  allowed me to identify the most interesting textures, and in a parallel process, to improve the design of the electronic prototypes.

 

I try to understand users and how they understand the immersive qualities of various prototypes, I investigate and report their level of concentration on the three senses involved (touch, sound and vision) and comment on the immersive qualities of their experience and give critical observation of these interactions.

My aim is to look how they influenced the development of the final system: based on the use of attached sensors.