REBECCA E SPITZER

Well, after many hours of deliberations and redesigns, the final version of our Dynamic Rehearsal interface will be presented this afternoon! I’m quite pleased with the interface, and I think the elements are looking a hundred times better than the last implementation. There are still a lot of bugs to be worked out of [...]

After the interface of our original working implementation was proven terrible last week, I worked up some new elements for the next phase of implementation in Microsoft Blend, which is an XAML godsend when you want to spend 30 minutes doing a three hour project. It generates some additional markup to deal with in the [...]

At one of our last meetings for the Dynamic Rehearsals project, it became clear that we had different conceptions of how a user would interact within the main rehearsal screen. Moving through a video timeline is a difficult interaction to reinterpret for the surface.
In the end, we decided to simplify the interaction by synchronizing the [...]

For our tangible user interface project, my group has decided to tackle problems associated with the theatrical rehearsal process. In a single rehearsal, actors may run through a show and receive brief feedback from a director. Without taking copious notes, however, it is difficult to analyze or review the rehearsal or progress made over time. [...]

Andreas Lutz’s new portfolio website uses what he calls “audio-visual navigation” and requires only a webcam, microphone, and browser to use. With a combination of voice commands for selection and hand movements for navigation, the website transforms your laptop into a different kind of user interface, one that doesn’t rely on a mouse and keyboard [...]

Really cool TUI that builds piano keys into the stairs of a subway station to see if “fun” can increase stair usage.

From a TUI standpoint, this is quite different from what we’ve seen in class. It’s the first TUI that is a more full-body experience, and the first TUI that doesn’t require the user’s hands. [...]

MouseHaus is a tangible user interface designed for collaborative urban planning. MouseHaus is more spontaneous than URP (it offers the opportunity to create new urban elements on the fly), but it is also more limited (it only projects traffic patterns, not light or wind patterns).

As far as music-related TUIs go, the Novation LaunchPad Music Control Surface is pretty tied to its GUI counterpart… but it still looks pretty awesome. I’m confused as to how it works, but it seems as if the center buttons can be programmed to correspond to certain effects, tones, OR volumes, depending on what buttons [...]

So I know the video is from months ago, but I can’t stop watching Oh, Hello’s Microsoft video. I was immediately fascinated by the stunningly beautiful interface design, animation, colors, everything. The more I watch it, however, the more I’m taken with the tangible user interface aspects of the project. First of all, check this [...]