Tangible needle, digital haystack: tangible interfaces for reusing media content organized by similarity

Christian Frisson (1) , François Rocca (1) , Stéphane Dupont (2) , T. Dutoit (1) , Mohammed El Brouzi (3) , Samir Bouaziz (4) , Sylvie Leleu-Merviel (5) , Damien Grobet (6) , Rudi Giot (6) , Willy Yvart (5)

1 UMONS - University of Mons [Belgium]
2 SATIE - Systèmes et Applications des Technologies de l'Information et de l'Energie
3 UP11 - Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11
4 SATIE-MOSS - Méthodes et Outils pour les Signaux et Systèmes
5 DeVisu - Laboratoire en Design Visuel et Urbain - EA 2445
6 ISIB - Institut Supérieur Industriel de Bruxelles

This paper presents the design process of a desk-set tangible user interface for the navigation and manipulation of media content organized by content-based similarity with off-the-shelf/flea market devices. For intra-media navigation, a refurbished portable vinyl player has its inside mechanics replaced by a webcam monitoring circular gray code analyzed through computer vision for position/speed tracking. For inter-media navigation, a 3D force-feedback controller is mounted in upright position on a truss with cell clamps, repurposed as trackpad. For media recomposition, motorized faders recall the effect presets of the closest/last selected media item.

Mots clés: contextual in- quiry; known-item search ACM Classification Keywords H52 Information Interfaces and Presentation: User Inter- faces-Input devices and strategies (eg; mouse; touchscreen); H54 Information Interfaces and Presentation: Hypertext/Hypermedia-Navigation General Terms Performance; Design; Experimentation; Human Factors; Author Keywords Tangible interfaces; content-based similarity

Domaines: Environnements Informatiques pour l'Apprentissage Humain

Christian Frisson, François Rocca, Stéphane Dupont, T. Dutoit, Mohammed El Brouzi, et al.. Tangible needle, digital haystack: tangible interfaces for reusing media content organized by similarity. TEI 2014 - 8th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction, Feb 2014, Munich, Germany. pp.37-38, ⟨10.1145/2540930.2540983⟩. ⟨hal-01729992⟩