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Research on Touch as a Means of Interaction in Digital Art

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Active Media Technology (AMT 2012)

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This paper explores touch as a medium of creative expression in digital art. Important to this work is haptic interaction which takes place via a physical interface. Touch is not simply a tactile sensation, but also a way to explore an environment by combining sensory information such as pressure and temperature. Therefore an artist’s creation can be understood by the viewer through the sensory information received. The main focus of the paper is on the sense of touch and it will help our understanding to investigate the following four artworks and corresponding technologies. The selected works include both visual and audio interactions. Touch Me concentrates on the sensory experience perceived through the skin, while A-Volve, Colorful Touch Palette and FuSA2 Touch Display are concerned with the virtual hand in technological systems. I believe that multi-touch, which enables a user to interact with more than one finger, will become the most important tool for experiencing sensory digital art in the future.

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  1. Camberwell College of Arts, University of the Arts London, UK, SE5 8UF

    Mingwei Zhang

  2. Zhejiang Shuren University, Hangzhou, China, 310014

    Guoyong Dai

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  1. Faculty of Computer and Information Sciences, Hosei University, 3-7-2, Kajino-cho, 184-8584, Koganei-shi, Tokyo, Japan

    Runhe Huang

  2. Faculty of Computer Science, University of New Brunswick, Box 440, E3B 5A3, Fredicton, NB, Canada

    Ali A. Ghorbani

  3. Department of Informatics, Systems and Communication, University of Milano Bicocca, Viale Sarca 336, 20126, Milano, Italy

    Gabriella Pasi

  4. Department of Administration Engineering, Keio University, 3-14-1 Hiyoshi, 223-8522, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, Japan

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  5. University of Aizu, 102-C, Research Quadrangles, Tsuruga, Ikki-machi, 965-8580, Aizu-Wakamatsu City, Fukushima, Japan

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  6. Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences, no.4 Nan Sie Jie, Zhong Guan Cun, Hai Dian Qu, 100190, Beijing, China

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Zhang, M., Dai, G. (2012). Research on Touch as a Means of Interaction in Digital Art. In: Huang, R., Ghorbani, A.A., Pasi, G., Yamaguchi, T., Yen, N.Y., Jin, B. (eds) Active Media Technology. AMT 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7669. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35236-2_23

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