Linked-Stick: Conveying a Physical Experience using a Shape-Shifting Stick

Linked-Stick: Conveying a Physical Experience using a Shape-Shifting Stick

We use sticks as tools for a variety of activities, everything from conducting music to playing sports or even engage in combat. However, these experiences are inherently physical and are poorly conveyed through traditional digital mediums such as video. Linked-Stick is a shape-changing stick that c...

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Main Authors: Shuang, Yin (Author), Nakagaki, Ken (Contributor), Inamura, Chikara (Contributor), Totaro, Pasquale Pio (Contributor), Shihipar, Thariq (Contributor), Akikyama, Chantine (Contributor), Ishii, Hiroshi (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Media Laboratory (Contributor), Program in Media Arts and Sciences (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2017-07-14T15:19:42Z.
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Summary:We use sticks as tools for a variety of activities, everything from conducting music to playing sports or even engage in combat. However, these experiences are inherently physical and are poorly conveyed through traditional digital mediums such as video. Linked-Stick is a shape-changing stick that can mirror the movements of another person's stick-shape tool. We explore how this can be used to experience and learn music, sports and fiction in a more authentic manner. Our work attempts to expand the ways in which we interact with and learn to use tools.

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