“Pixie Dust: Graphics Generated by Levitated and Animated Objects in Computational Acoustic-Potential Field” by Ochiai, Hoshi and Rekimoto
Conference:
Type(s):
Entry Number: 80
Title:
- Pixie Dust: Graphics Generated by Levitated and Animated Objects in Computational Acoustic-Potential Field
Presenter(s)/Author(s):
Abstract:
In this study, we demonstrate real-world-oriented computer graphics by using and expanding 3D acoustic manipulation [Ochiai et al. 2014]. An acoustic potential field (APF) is generated and controlled in order to levitate and manipulate small objects (Fig. 2 (a)). Compared to magnetic levitation, air jets, and other noncontact levitation technologies, our technology has the following advantages: a wide variety of materials are available; it provides a satisfactory refresh rate; and it has a sufficient spatial resolution. It would contributes to the computer graphics community by making the levitated objects usable in graphic metaphors such as the pixels of raster graphics, moving points of vector graphics, and animation (Fig. 1). We believe that it will open a new field of computer graphics if fabricated models can be actuated by APF.
References:
- Foresti, D., Nabavi, M., Klingauf, M., Ferrari, A., and Poulikakos, D. 2013. Acoustophoretic contactless transport and handling of matter in air. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
- Kono, M., Kakehi, Y., and Hoshi, T., 2013. lapillus bug. SIGGRAPH Asia 2013 Art Gallery.
- Marshall, M., Carter, T., Alexander, J., and Subramanian, S. 2012. Ultra-tangibles: Creating movable tangible objects on interactive tables. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, ACM, New York, NY, USA, CHI ’12, 2185–2188.
- Ochiai, Y., Hoshi, T., and Rekimoto, J. 2014. Three-dimensional mid-air acoustic manipulation by ultrasonic phased arrays. PLoS ONE 9, 5, e97590.
