Time2024
Program
MIT Media Lab
Tangible Interface
Team
Qingyun Liu
MemoGlove is developed as a Tangible Interface to document, visualize, and replay the haptic traces we have over the living environment. Among many human behaviors, touching is an important interaction that enriches the interactions with physical space. People grab tools, tap keyboards, open doors, and hug each other, while often neglecting the essential participation of the haptic feelings, nor studying the continuous set of haptic behaviors seriously. Based on these studies, the method to record and visualize the user’s haptic behaviors has not been explored thoroughly. The functionality of MemoGlove is suitable for research in this direction, analyzing the relationships between haptic experiences and people’s bonding, connecting, and learning behaviors.
We produced 3 scenarios that showcase the usage of MemoGlove. The first one is related to TeleAbsence, where a user can document the haptic interaction with another person, and the MemoGlove system can reproduce the interaction when the other person is gone, creating a virtual identity of the other person aided with haptic feedback. The second one emphasizes the haptic life trace, where the user can experience the living traces of another user, feeling the same haptic interactions of the other person’s life by tapping on the same keyboard and writing with the same pen. This creates a connection between people by sharing the same living situation and stimulating the emphasis between users. The third scenario is education. The tennis coach can record the correct movement of swinging the racket in the air, and the learner can learn with more efficiency with the standard traces recorded.