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Levitate: interaction with floating particle displays

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Julie R. Williamson,

Euan Freeman,

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PerDis '17: Proceedings of the 6th ACM International Symposium on Pervasive Displays

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https://doi.org/10.1145/3078810.3084347

Published: 07 June 2017 Publication History

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This demonstration showcases the current state of the art for the levitating particle display from the Levitate Project. In this demonstration, we show a new type of display consisting of floating voxels, small levitating particles that can be positioned and moved independently in 3D space. Phased ultrasound arrays are used to acoustically levitate the particles. Users can interact directly with each particle using pointing gestures. This allows users to walk-up and interact without any user instrumentation, creating an exciting opportunity to deploy these tangible displays in public spaces in the future. This demonstration explores the design potential of floating voxels and how these may be used to create new types of user interfaces.

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Levitate: interaction with floating particle displays
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)

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PerDis '17: Proceedings of the 6th ACM International Symposium on Pervasive Displays

June 2017

186 pages

ISBN:9781450350457

DOI:10.1145/3078810

General Chair:
Marc Langheinrich
Universitá della Svizzera italiana (USI), Lugano, Switzerland
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Sarah Clinch
University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

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PerDis '17: 6th International Symposium on Pervasive Displays

June 7 - 9, 2017

Lugano, Switzerland

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https://doi.org/10.1109/IUS52206.2021.9593601
Norasikin MMartinez Plasencia DPolychronopoulos SMemoli GTokuda YSubramanian SBaudisch PSchmidt AWilson A(2018)SoundBenderProceedings of the 31st Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology10.1145/3242587.3242590(247-259)Online publication date: 11-Oct-2018
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Gentile VSorce SElhart IMilazzo F(2018)PlantxelProceedings of the 7th ACM International Symposium on Pervasive Displays10.1145/3205873.3205888(1-8)Online publication date: 6-Jun-2018
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