LumiTouchAngela Chang, Brad Koerner, Benjamin Resner, XingChen Wang, and Professor Hiroshi Ishii / 2001
The Lumitouch
system consists of a pair of interactive picture frames. When one user touches
her picture frame, the other picture frame lights up. This touch is translated
to light over an Internet connection. We introduce a semi-ambient display that
can transition seamlessly from periphery to foreground in addition to communicating
emotional content. In addition to enhancing the communication between loved ones,
people can use LumiTouch to develop a personal emotional language. Based upon
prior work on telepresence and tangible interfaces, LumiTouch explores emotional
communication in tangible form. This paper describes the components, interactions,
implementation and design approach of the LumiTouch system.