ForceForm: A Dynamically Deformable Interactive Surface from anu permanent Watch Video
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Description: Touch screens are usually hard, flat and unable to be physically altered.nnForceForm is a prototype dynamically deformable interactive surface that provides haptic feedback. We use a a grid of computer controlled electromagnets and a deformable membrane with permanent magnets embedded to produce a deformable interactive surface. The system can get the user's finger position using a Cyclotouch IR overlay, which allows us to move the surface up or down where the user touches, allowing the user to