Invisibles by Junji Watanabe, Eisuke Kusachi and Hideyuki Ando

August 17th, 2009 in Control, Gesture, Interfaces, Tangible, Touch by miles

Junji Watanabe, Eisuke Kusachi and Hideyuki Ando has developed a novel interface that can superimpose tactile information onto surface or images displayed on a computer monitor. Based on this interface technology, they produced artworks on how we perceive the real and digital world through the sense of touch. The information from the finger pad is used for surface recognition. However, when the vibration is presented from the nail during the finger movement, the vibration can also be perceived as the stimulus from the finger pad, instead of the stimulus from nail. More info on the website