Force Field Fabrication that uses layered magnetic rubber sheets.
Magnets are very useful for the rapid prototyping of haptic interactions. However, it is difficult to arrange fine and complex magnetic fields rapidly. Therefore, we invented a method for fabricating complex geometric magnetic patterns by overlaying multiple magnetic rubber sheets that have proper thicknesses and simple magnetic patterns. With our method, various types of geometric magnetic patterns, such as checkered and diamond ones, can be superposed. Furthermore, the superposed magnetic fields can be changed by rotating the layered magnetic sheets. By applying superposed magnetic fields, various types of tactile stimuli and haptic interaction can be created rapidly.
Publication:
Kentaro Yasu. 2020. MagneLayer: Force Field Fabrication by Layered Magnetic Sheets. In Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '20). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 1–9. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3313831.3376552 [Full Paper]
Honorable Mention Award CHI2020] [ACM Digital Library]Kentaro Yasu. 2020. MagneLayer: Force Field Fabrication for Rapid Prototyping of Haptic Interactions. In ACM SIGGRAPH 2020 Labs (SIGGRAPH '20). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 4, 1–2. DOI: https //doi.org/10.1145/3388763.3407761 [demo] (2020.08) [ACM Digital Library]
2020.4.24 Updated.