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Lightweight Capacitance-based Block System for 3D Space Interaction

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Masaya Tsuruta,

Buntarou Shizuki,

Shin TakahashiAuthors Info & Claims

ISS '16: Proceedings of the 2016 ACM International Conference on Interactive Surfaces and Spaces

Pages 307 - 312

https://doi.org/10.1145/2992154.2996772

Published: 06 November 2016 Publication History

Abstract

Capacitive Blocks is a block-shaped tangible user interface that connects the physical space to the virtual space, allowing users to build 3D models in the virtual space by handling tangible blocks. The system counts the number of stacked blocks by measuring the capacitance with a capacitance meter; the system recognizes the structure of stacked blocks arranged in a grid using the capacitance meter and generates 3D models. In this study, we improved the stability of Capacitive Blocks, presented by Yoshida et al. at UIST '15, by revising the block design: each block of the new system has a built-in capacitor. To evaluate the improvement, we conducted an experiment. The result showed a counting accuracy of 96.5%.

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Index Terms

Lightweight Capacitance-based Block System for 3D Space Interaction
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction devices
      1. Touch screens
  2. Interaction design
    1. Interaction design process and methods
      1. Interface design prototyping

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ISS '16: Proceedings of the 2016 ACM International Conference on Interactive Surfaces and Spaces

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DOI:10.1145/2992154

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Huang XMiller KSample ABanovic N(2023)StructureSenseProceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies10.1145/35703436:4(1-25)Online publication date: 11-Jan-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3570343
Ikegawa KShizuki BBuchanan GStevenson D(2018)Tesla blocksProceedings of the 30th Australian Conference on Computer-Human Interaction10.1145/3292147.3292221(411-415)Online publication date: 4-Dec-2018
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