The Research Based on the results of our ethnographic study with couples, we developed Hug Over a Distance to test the feasibility of technology for intimate couples. Hug Over a Distance is an air-inflatable vest that can be remotely triggered to create a sensation resembling a hug. Unfortunately, the couples did not consider the vest to be useful in their daily lives; however, the prototype provoked and stimulated design ideas from the couples during participative design workshops. We found an unexpected benefit: the prototype enhanced the couples’ understanding of our methods, so we believe that prototypes can serve as tools to make participatory design volunteers aware of their importance in our academic research.
A new drawing tool aimed at young children, ages four and up, to explore colors, textures, and movements found in everyday materials by "picking up" and drawing with them. I/O Brush looks like a regular physical paintbrush but has a small video camera with lights and touch sensors embedded inside. Outside of the drawing canvas, the brush can pick up color, texture, and movement of a brushed surface.
metaDESK, Ishii and Ullmer The metaDESK is a user interface platform demonstratingnew interaction techniques we call “tangible user inter-faces.” We explore the physical instantiation of interfaceelements from the graphical user interface paradigm, givingphysical form to windows, icons, handles, menus, andcontrols. The design and implementation of the metaDESKdisplay, sensor, and software architectures is discussed. Aprototype application driving an interaction with geographi-cal space, Tangible Geospace, is presented to demonstratethese concepts.
那天在天工開物的時候梁老師問了一個問題：什麼樣的人適合做互動？慧修的回答雖然好笑但真是再貼切不過，「懂星座的人」。能夠瞭解和預知使用者行為模式的人，或許更能夠做出貼近人心的互動。以上是在做webcam互動時候所碰到的困難點與思考過程，藉由Choreography of Interaction的method來做的整理。
以上想法的過程，是大致上自己觀察週遭人與生活的舉動與互動所整理出來的sketch。參考Framework of Choreography of Interaction的方式，實際操作了一次。進而發現這樣的方式，可以刺激對生活的感受與細微的觀察，從過程中學習並了解互動的細節何在，用設計模擬並操作互動的方式。希望藉著話筒不同的互動方式，可以拉近都市之間人與人、心的距離。
