Full citation
MacLean, K. E., Roderick, J. B. (1999). "Aladdin: Exploring Language with a Haptic Door Knob." Interval Research Corp TR# 1999-058.
Abstract
As part of an ongoing exploration in using the haptic (touch
sense) medium to enhance interaction with embedded
computation and render it more expressive, we built
Aladdin, a door with a haptically active knob. We chose a
door as the basis of this work for its quality of mediating a
real social threshold and for being a commonplace manual
control which provokes a range of expectations. The haptic
display combined torque and thermal outputs, and we used
it in intimate relation with an auditory display in order to
extend its expressive range. We used Aladdin to implement
a set of narratives that developed its possibilities; and
during this process, postulated a framework to describe a
haptic language and used it as tool to design and discover
haptic experiences.
sense) medium to enhance interaction with embedded
computation and render it more expressive, we built
Aladdin, a door with a haptically active knob. We chose a
door as the basis of this work for its quality of mediating a
real social threshold and for being a commonplace manual
control which provokes a range of expectations. The haptic
display combined torque and thermal outputs, and we used
it in intimate relation with an auditory display in order to
extend its expressive range. We used Aladdin to implement
a set of narratives that developed its possibilities; and
during this process, postulated a framework to describe a
haptic language and used it as tool to design and discover
haptic experiences.
Paper
Year Published
1999