Interactive Light Demo at Interact ’15

This week I’ve been in Bamberg, in Germany, presenting a poster and an interactive demo at Interact 2015. If you’ve stumbled across this website via my poster, or if you tried my demo at the conference, then it was nice meeting you and I hope you had some fun with it! If you’re looking for more information about the research then I’ve written a little about it here: http://euanfreeman.co.uk/interactive-light-feedback/

For some earlier research, where we looked at using tactile feedback for in-air gestures, see: http://euanfreeman.co.uk/projects/above-device-tactile-feedback/

PhD Thesis and Interact 2015

I haven’t updated my website in months, mostly because I’ve been focusing on finishing my PhD research. In May I started writing my thesis and I’m now approaching the end of it. With 60,000 words written and my first draft almost complete, I am almost there. It’s been an exciting couple of months writing that up and I’m looking forward to finishing. Not because I haven’t enjoyed it, but because it’s the most substantial piece of work I’ve ever undertaken and it’s exciting seeing it all come together into a single piece of writing.

Not much else has happened in that time, although I did get two submissions accepted to Interact 2015: a poster [1] and a demo [2]. Both describe interactive light feedback, something which has featured a lot in my recent PhD research. I describe interactive light feedback in more detail here. Interact is in Bamberg in Germany, this year, which I’m excited about visiting! Nearer to the time (mid-September) I’ll show more photos and maybe a video of the demo I’ll be giving at the conference.

[1] Towards In-Air Gesture Control of Household Appliances with Limited Displays
E. Freeman, S. Brewster, and V. Lantz.
In Interact 2015 Posters. 2015.

[2] Interactive Light Feedback: Illuminating Above-Device Gesture Interfaces
E. Freeman, S. Brewster, and V. Lantz.
In Interact 2015 Demos. 2015.