FlexiVol: A Volumetric Display you can Reach Into

FlexiVol: A Volumetric Display you can Reach Into

Volumetric displays render true 3D graphics without forcing users to wear headsets or glasses. However, the optical diffusers that volumetric displays employ are rigid and thus do not allow for direct interaction. FlexiVol employs elastic diffusers to allow users to...
Sparktiect: Electric Plasma Guided with Ultrasonic Fields

Sparktiect: Electric Plasma Guided with Ultrasonic Fields

Electric plasma can be formed in mid-air, making an ionic channel that transfers electrical current. This current can power high-voltage electronics, kill bacteria, produce tactile sensations or be used for welding. However, the formation of the spark is chaotic and...
PointerVol: A Laser Pointer for Swept Volumetric Displays

PointerVol: A Laser Pointer for Swept Volumetric Displays

A laser pointer is a commonly used device that does not require communication with the display system or modifications on the applications, the presenter can just take a pointer and start using it. When a laser pointer is used on a volumetric display, a line rather...
Smarterial: Manipulations of Thermomagnetic Programmable Matter

Smarterial: Manipulations of Thermomagnetic Programmable Matter

Programmable matter can change its shape, stiffness or other physical properties upon command. Previous work has shown contactless optically controlled matter or magnetic actuation, but the former is limited in strength and the latter in spatial resolution. Here, we...
LevPet: A Magnetic Levitating Pet

LevPet: A Magnetic Levitating Pet

LevPet combines affective computing and magnetic levitation to create an artificial levitating pet with affective responses and novel ways of moving to express emotions. Our interactive pet can recognise the user’s emotional status using computer vision, and respond...
LeviPrint: 3D Printing and Assembly with Acoustic Levitation

LeviPrint: 3D Printing and Assembly with Acoustic Levitation

LeviPrint is a system for assembling objects in a contactless manner using acoustic levitation. We explore a set of optimum acoustic fields that enables full trapping in position and orientation of elongated objects such as sticks. We then evaluate the capabilities of...
A Multi-Object Grasp Technique

A Multi-Object Grasp Technique

Some daily tasks involve grasping multiple objects in one hand and releasing them in a determined order, for example laying out a surgical table or distributing items on shelves. For training these tasks in Virtual Reality (VR), there is no technique for allowing...
Explouring Mountains with Tangibles and VR

Explouring Mountains with Tangibles and VR

We presented the following demo in congreso Interacción’19 in San Sebastian. “Immersive virtual reality environments allow interaction through generic devices with specific characteristics of such environments: three-dimensional interaction devices or wearable devices...
Intuitive and Automatic Digital Fabrication of Mountains

Intuitive and Automatic Digital Fabrication of Mountains

We developed a Web Front End Tool and the Back End for an intuitive and automatic digital fabrication process of Nicetrails.com Read the full paper here Cite this Work BibTex: @inproceedings{ardaiz2020interactions, title={Interactions with Digital Mountains: Tangible,...