ForceForm: A Dynamically Deformable Interactive Surface

Tsimeris, Jessica; Dedman, Colin J; Broughton, Michael; Gedeon, Tamas (Tom)

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ForceForm: A Dynamically Deformable Interactive Surface

Date

2013

Authors

Tsimeris, Jessica

Dedman, Colin J

Broughton, Michael

Gedeon, Tamas (Tom)

Publisher

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

Abstract

We present the design and implementation of ForceForm, a prototype dynamically deformable interactive surface that provides haptic feedback. We use an array of electromagnets and a deformable membrane with permanent magnets attached to produce a deformabl