Interfaces in human life are very important, whether it is an old-fashioned bulky switch or a touch screen with buttons depicted on it - but without such elements of interaction with machines and computers, we can’t do anything at all. Engineers and designers are constantly improving interfaces, trying to make them more understandable, responsive and efficient. Tangible Media Group employees at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, for example, figured out how to create a tactile Materiable interface that changes shape and responds to touch.
The main idea of the project was an attempt to visualize the interaction of a person and an interface. Materiable is a matrix of individual blocks (24 by 24 pieces), referred to by developers as "pixels" that respond to external influences. The system runs on software that simulates various physical processes. For example, an interface can behave like water or become a solid. You can push the surface of the interface with your palm, and it will respond to this touch according to its current state. At the same time, the blocks are able to exert reciprocal pressure on the palm of the operator.
The interface development team sees in it a huge educational potential, especially when teaching children. Together with a projector, Materiable can imitate the shape of various animals, buildings and other objects. People who managed to try this interface on themselves, argue that such tactile interaction with the computer allowed them to get more useful information than the usual visual one. Currently, developers are working to improve the characteristics of the system, including its speed and resolution of the matrix. And who knows, maybe in the future they will be able to create a prototype monitor based on Materiable.
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