Tangible interactions with acoustically levitated voxels

Asier Marzo, Oscar Ardaiz, Steven Kockaya, Julie Williamson, Euan Freeman

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Abstract

Acoustic Levitation can trap small objects in mid-air without physical contact, this can be exploited to create displays made of levitating voxels. Sound diffracts around objects, thus we can insert the hand inside the levitator and touch the levitated particles. In this demo, we show some possible tangible interactions with acoustically levitated particles by passing acoustically-transparent meshes through the particles, using wearable levitators to move particles or employing direct manipulation by pinching close to the particles and dragging them. All the presented devices are available as Instructables, we will encourage visitors to build their own levitators and experiment further with acoustic levitation.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, INTERACCION 2019
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Number of pages2
ISBN (Electronic)9781450371766
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 25 Jun 2019
Event22nd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, INTERACCION 2019 - Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain
Duration: 25 Jun 201928 Jun 2019

Publication series

NameACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Conference

Conference22nd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, INTERACCION 2019
Country/TerritorySpain
CityDonostia-San Sebastian
Period25/06/1928/06/19

Keywords

  • Acoustic Levitation
  • Data Physicalization
  • Floating Voxels
  • Tangible Interaction

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