Haptic
(Im)mobile Montage
April 6, 2018 | Alfredo J López Nieves‘An architectural ensemble . . . is a montage from the point of view of a moving spectator . . . Cinematographic montage is, too, a means to ‘link’ in one point – the screen- various elements (fragments) of a … Read More
Haptic-Sensitive Instrument – Jonathan Sparks
May 5, 2015 | ialab adminJonathan Sparks is an artist living in Brooklyn, NY. His work combines computer programing, fabrication, electronics and multimedia.
Vibraille is his early exploration into the possibilities of adding haptic feedback into the mobile devices that usually rely heavily on the … Read More
Touch
January 3, 2007 | Ruairi Glynn | 4 Comments
‘Touch’ is a project by the Belgian digital design and art lab, LAb[au], Laboratory for Architecture and Urbanism. The project takes as a starting point Brussels’ 145 m high Dexia Tower, from which 4200 windows can be individually colour-enlightened, … Read More
SandScape
November 16, 2006 | Ruairi GlynnSandScape is a tangible interface for designing and understanding landscapes through a variety of computational simulations using sand. Users view these simulations as they are projected on the surface of a sand model that represents the terrain. The users … Read More
Kinesthetic Informatic Interface
October 18, 2006 | Ruairi Glynn | 4 CommentsSuper Cilia Skin by Hayes Raffle, Mitchell Joachim, & James Tichenor is a tactile and visual system consisting of an array of actuators that are anchored to an elastic membrane. These actuators represent information by changing their physical orientation. … Read More
Can you help?
February 2, 2006 | Ruairi Glynn | One CommentAs you may have seen there’s a tutorials page attached to the blog which I’ve had online as long as the blog has been running. I’ve been meaning to build up a tutorials section of links to other websites … Read More
Bump – Remote Sensing
November 4, 2005 | Ruairi Glynn | 2 CommentsIn each of the two cities Linz and Budapest a foot bridge made of wooden planks are installed. If someone steps on a plank in one of the cities, an impulse released from the body weight is immediately sent … Read More
HMC MediaLab’s Hyperfabric
September 27, 2005 | Ruairi GlynnHMC MediaLab’s Adam Montandon came over to me at the end of the submerge exhibition in June and asked me about my flexible wall skin I used for my Project Reciprocal Space. A few months later to create this … Read More
Tobi Schneidler, RemoteHome
May 22, 2005 | Ruairi Glynn | 2 CommentsWhat I most like about the whole RemoteHome project is that it is a very personal kinetic tangible experience. I love the idea that sitting on furniture in one country could influence the shape of furniture in another. Tobi Schneidler … Read More
Light Touch
Ruairi Glynn & Chryssa Varna of the Interactive Architecture Lab worked with Haptic Architects on the complex assembly of a temporary lobby installation to produce the subtle movements of light th...
