Publication
@inproceedings{Engert2022,
author = {Severin Engert and Konstantin Klamka and Andreas Peetz and Raimund Dachselt},
title = {STRAIDE: A Research Platform for Shape-Changing Spatial Displays based on Actuated Strings},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems},
series = {CHI '22},
year = {2022},
month = {4},
isbn = {978-1-4503-9157-3/22/04},
location = {New Orleans, LA, USA},
numpages = {16},
doi = {10.1145/3491102.3517462},
publisher = {ACM},
address = {New York, NY, USA},
keywords = {Prototyping Platform, Spatial Display, Shape-Changing Interface, Tangible Interaction, Casual Visualization, Data Physicalization}
}List of additional material
Abstract
We present STRAIDE, a string-actuated interactive display environment that allows to explore the promising potential of shape-changing interfaces for casual visualizations. At the core, we envision a platform that spatially levitates elements to create dynamic visual shapes in space. We conceptualize this type of tangible midair display and discuss its multifaceted design dimensions. Through a design exploration, we realize a physical research platform with adjustable parameters and modular components. For conveniently designing and implementing novel applications, we provide developer tools ranging from graphical emulators to in-situ augmented reality representations. To demonstrate STRAIDE’s reconfigurability, we further introduce three representative physical setups as a basis for situated applications including ambient notifications, personal smart home controls, and entertainment. They serve as a technical validation, lay the foundations for a discussion with developers that provided valuable insights, and encourage ideas for future usage of this type of appealing interactive installation.
Media
Our Video Figure explains the design rational of STRAIDE, its iterative development, supplementary software, and feasible applications. If you are short on time, take a look at our Video Preview.
Project Repository
As STRAIDE’s development benefited greatly from open-source hardware and software projects, we published all required details for reproduction under CERN-OHL-S and GNU General Public License respectively. Comprehensive building instructions, as well as all files of 3D-printed and laser-cut parts, firmware, and developer tools, are available in our project repository https://github.com/imldresden/STRAIDE. We hope to see novel adaptions of STRAIDE within the HCI and maker community.
Related Student Theses
Interaction with Shape-Changing Interfaces using the Example of a 2.5D Display
Philipp Plotz June 28th, 2021 until March 24th, 2022
Supervision: Severin Engert, Andreas Peetz, Raimund Dachselt
Combination of Shape-Changing Interfaces with Interactive Displays
Vincent Thiele May 17th, 2021 until October 18th, 2021
Supervision: Severin Engert, Andreas Peetz, Raimund Dachselt
Multi-Purpose Application Platform for a Shape-Changing Interface
Simon Hochholzer January 21st, 2021 until June 24th, 2021
Supervision: Andreas Peetz, Severin Engert, Raimund Dachselt
Kinetic Sculptures for Personal DataViz
Severin Engert May 11th, 2020 until October 12th, 2020
Supervision: Konstantin Klamka, Raimund Dachselt