Cumincad : CUMINCAD Papers : Paper 9c87:Navigational Blocks (an interplay between the physical and the virtual)

authors	Camarata, Ken
year	2001
title	Navigational Blocks (an interplay between the physical and the virtual)
source	University of Washington, Design Machine Group
summary	The Navigational Blocks project demonstrates a tangible user interface that facilitates retrieval of historical stories in a tourist spot. Orientation, movement, and relative positions of physical Blocks support visitor navigation and exploration in a virtual gallery. The Navigational Blocks system provides a physical embodiment of digital information through tactile manipulation and haptic feedback. The simple cubic form of the Blocks is easy to understand and therefore easy to use to manipulate complex digital information. Electromagnets embedded in the Blocks and wireless communication encourage users to quickly rearrange the Blocks to form different database queries.
series	thesis:MSc
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