PickCells: a physically reconfigurable cell-composed touchscreen
conference contribution
posted on 2023-06-09, 17:10authored byAlix Goguey, Cameron Steer, Andrés Lucero, Laurence Nigay, Deepak Sahoo, Céline Coutrix, Anne Roudaut, Sriram Subramanian, Yutaka Tokuda, Timothy Neate, Jennifer Pearson, Simon Robinson, Matt Jones
Touchscreens are the predominant medium for interactions with digital services; however, their current fixed form factor narrows the scope for rich physical interactions by limiting interaction possibilities to a single, planar surface. In this paper we introduce the concept of PickCells, a fully reconfigurable device concept composed of cells, that breaks the mould of rigid screens and explores a modular system that affords rich sets of tangible interactions and novel across-device relationships. Through a series of co-design activities – involving HCI experts and potential end-users of such systems – we synthesised a design space aimed at inspiring future research, giving researchers and designers a framework in which to explore modular screen interactions. The design space we propose unifies existing works on modular touch surfaces under a general framework and broadens horizons by opening up unexplored spaces providing new interaction possibilities. In this paper, we present the PickCells concept, a design space of modular touch surfaces, and propose a toolkit for quick scenario prototyping.
Funding
Breaking the Glass: Mutlimodal, Malleable Interactive Mobile surfaces for Hands-In Interactions; G1803; EPSRC-ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL; EP/N013948/1
History
Publication status
Published
File Version
Accepted version
Journal
CHI '19 Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems