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Technology shapes our perception of the world in many ways. From an Human Computer Interaction (HCI) perspective, one important way in which this happens is through mediation of information. In HCI, vibration is often used to create symbols for mediating information hermeneutically. One of my research interests is to design vibrotactile signals which employ embodied mechanisms of mediation. I demonstrate how a useful approach for such designs is to switch the focus away from the object or event which is to be represented with a vibrotactile signal, and instead focus on the action the user must perform to experience it. I demonstrate several Tactile AR systems which, using this approach, manipulate how material properties are perceived. I will also share initial experiments which explore new ways to think about the dimensions of tactile experience, as well as speculations and future research ideas for the design of Kinesthetic Displays.
Dr. Paul Strohmeier (Max Planck Institute for Informatics )
Group Leader
I currently lead the Sensorimotor Interaction Group at the Max Planck Institute for Informatics. Before that I was a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the HCI group of Saarland University. I received my PhD Degree in Computer Science from University of Copenhagen in Denmark and MSc degree in Computer Science from the Queen’s University in Canada. I am interested in human perception and computer sensing. I apply methods from psychophysics to deepen our understanding of human perception, especially in relation to action. I also investigate the hardware design and implementation of novel sensors to provide digital systems improved access to the physical world. I believe that understanding the opportunities and constraints of human perception and computer sensing is the foundation for creating truly hybrid human/computer systems.