Magnetic Appcessories (ACM TEI 2013)

Tangible interaction allows the control of digital information through physical artifacts - virtual data is tied to real-world objects. Sensing and display technologies that enable this kind of functionality are typically complex. This represents a barrier to entry for researchers and also restricts where these interaction techniques can be deployed. Addressing these limitations, recent work has explored how the touch screens on mobile devices can be used as sensing and display platforms for tangible interfaces. This project extends this work by exploring how magnets can be employed to achieve similar ends. To achieve this it describes the design and construction of eight magnetic appcessories. These are cheap, robust physical interfaces that leverage magnets (and the magnetic sensing built into mobile devices) to support reliable and expressive tangible interactions with digital content.

This work (released few days ago) will be also presented in the upcoming ACM TEI 2013 international conference (http://www.tei-conf.org/13/), in Barcelona, Spain (February 2013).

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[Shinigami920]

PATENT IT BEFORE APPLE SEES IT!!!

[Jason Dai]

SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!!

[Chris Szerenos]

I'm wondering how precise this system can be, and how fast. I've got digital inking on my mind. Anything that would be a viable alternative to wacom's patented pressure sensitive digital inking tech would be a lifesaver. The amount wacom adds to every inking-capable device in the bill of licenses is worse than worst patent trolls.

[plokko1]

0:54 compasses asses!

[Nitish K.S.]

Mr. Jones, if you can't hear the difference between the Italian accent in this video and an Indian accent, you're not qualified to comment on accents. BTW, which foreign language do YOU speak without accent ? I bet none. You probably don't even know a single foreign language. From your own uploads and other comments, it's obvious that you're a racist.

[pizmack]

Fuckin' Magnets, how do they work?

[DjDoxPL]

zajebiste:D

[ryantheleach]

welcome back, seth bling here.

[OfficialSmo]

I demand this be used to enchance my porn watching experience.

[blackelw1s]

Font from GTA:SA :D

[Vladigraph]

Just another thing to loose. Touch screen interfaces took off because they allowed to eliminate the stylus for input, even at the cost of precision. The need to use a token makes this a step back, rather than forward.

[Sukhyun Nam]

super  good idea :)