Tactful interaction: exploring interactive social touch through a collaborative tangible installation

How do tangible systems take advantage of our sociophysical embodiment in the world? How can we use tangible interaction to better understand collaboration and intersubjectivity? We present Parazoan, an interactive installation where evocative objects collaboratively control a dynamic visual display. Our analysis of interactions with Parazoan explores our questions and discusses implications for our understanding of tangible and virtual collaboration. Keywords Tangible, Collaboration, Gallery studies, Interactive art.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2009
• Where: TEI
• Authors: Bruno Nadeau, Amanda Williams
• Keywords: Hardware, Tangible, Tangible Interaction, Tangible Systems, TEI 2009