%0 Conference Proceedings
%T Follow the Grass: A Smart Material Interactive Pervasive Display
%+ Human Media Interaction Group [Twente]
%A Minuto, Andrea
%A Huisman, Gijs
%A Nijholt, Anton
%Z Part 5: Mixed Reality and 3D Worlds
%< avec comité de lecture
%( Lecture Notes in Computer Science
%B 11th International Confernece on Entertainment Computing (ICEC)
%C Bremen, Germany
%Y Gerhard Goos
%Y Juris Hartmanis
%Y Jan van Leeuwen
%I Springer
%3 Entertainment Computing - ICEC 2012
%V LNCS-7522
%P 144-157
%8 2012-09-26
%D 2012
%R 10.1007/978-3-642-33542-6_13
%K Smart material interface
%K quiet computing
%K ambient
%K organic
%K display
%Z Computer Science [cs]Conference papers
%X Smart materials offer new possibilities for creating engaging and interesting forms of interaction and ways of displaying information in a material way. In this paper we describe Follow the Grass, a concept of an interactive pervasive display for public spaces. The display will be built up out of a number of blades of grass that are actuated in eight directions using nitinol muscle wires (i.e. a shape-memory alloy). A Microsoft Kinect-based tracking system is employed to detect users’ presence. Follow the Grass can be used for entertainment purposes by displaying animations through movement of the grass, as well as for indoor way-finding and ambient persuasive guidance. We present a number of scenarios with varying scales of interaction, and different applications, followed by a description of the initial hardware design of a single blade of grass and its actuated root. We will give a description of the tracking system, and how it tracks users and is capable of identifying individuals. Finally we will provide suggestions for the further development.
%G English
%Z TC 14
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%U https://inria.hal.science/hal-01556131
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