Water-mediated Interaction with Nature-based Multimedia Content

• Published in: Proceedings of the 22nd International Academic Mindtrek Conference
• Main Authors: Colley, Ashley, Kouri, Veli, Rauhala, Inka, Ohinmaa, Vilma, Johansson, Milla, Häkkilä, Jonna
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: ACM 2018
• Subjects: Water; aesthetics; interactive installations; materiality; multimedia; nature; tangible user interfaces; user experience; /dk/atira/pure/person/fieldofscience2010/6/13/2; name=Visual arts and design; Arctic
• Online Access: https://research.ulapland.fi/fi/publications/5e80b059-df71-4481-904f-18fcdd7828a0; https://doi.org/10.1145/3275116.3275139; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85056744033&partnerID=8YFLogxK; http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=85056744033&partnerID=8YFLogxK

Tangible user interfaces provide possibilities for creating aesthetic and experience rich interactions, where the multimodal sensation strengthens the narrative presented through digital media. In our multimedia installation, touching water is used as a tangible user interface to trigger visual changes in images of natural landscapes. The visual transformations illustrate the change of Arctic nature from winter to Spring, the tangible water interface encourages reflection on the role of water in such natural phenomena.