System ID:
13
Title:
aether: an experiment in the phenomenology of reading
Author:
Erik Conrad
Author 2:
Author 3:
Degree:
M.S. Information Design and Technology
Year:
2002
Pages:
29
University:
Georgia Institute of Technology
Supervisor:
Dr. Sha Xin Wei
Semail:
Supervisor 2:
Dr. Ken Knoespel, Stephanie Strickland
Language:
English
Dept:
School of Literature, Communication and Culture
Copyright:
Erik Conrad
Lang_author:
English
Url:
http://www.peripheralfocus.net/images/aether_design_doc.pdf
Email:
erik.conrad@peripheralfocus.net
Keywords:
tactile vision, experimental documents, reading, interaction design, interactive art
Abstract:
æther is an interactive, haptic surface for computer mediated visual information that allows for a physical experience of text analogous to the visual experience of whitespace in a poem. It began as an inquiry into how new technologies of representation affect human perception. Acting as a haptic surface for computer mediated visual information, it enables tangible experiences common to painting and sculpture which are rare in digital media. By ‘touching’a narrative thread, one can see it emerge from a sea of text and trace its path throughout the entire narrative. As an alternative interface to the printed word, æther shows how physical form and content can be used to create rich reading environments and thus shed light about the ways in which people read and thus, think. Its goal is to combine body knowledge and visual knowledge to allow readers/writers to think about how reading and writing can inhabit multi-dimensional spaces, how texts ‘feel’, and how they can be navigated by touch.
Last update:
Sep 12 2004
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