WindyWall: Exploring creative wind simulations
Publication Type
Conference Proceeding Article
Publication Date
3-2019
Abstract
Wind simulations are typically one-off implementations for specific applications. We introduce WindyWall, a platform for creative design and exploration of wind simulations. WindyWall is a three-panel 90-fan array that encapsulates users with 270° of wind coverage. We describe the design and implementation of the array panels, discussing how the panels can be re-arranged, where various wind simulations can be realized as simple effects. To understand how people perceive “wind” generated from WindyWall, we conducted a pilot study of wind magnitude perception using different wind activation patterns from WindyWall. Our findings suggest that: horizontal wind activations are perceived more readily than vertical ones, and that people’s perceptions of wind are highly variable—most individuals will rate airflow differently in subsequent exposures. Based on our findings, we discuss the importance of developing a method for characterizing wind simulations, and provide design directions for others using fan arrays to simulate wind
Keywords
Displays, Haptic Interaction, Multimodal Interaction, Novel Actuators, Tactile
Discipline
Information Security
Research Areas
Information Systems and Management
Publication
Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction, Tempe, Unites States, 2019 March 17-20
First Page
635
Last Page
644
ISBN
9781450361965
Identifier
10.1145/3294109.3295624
Publisher
Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
City or Country
New York
Citation
TOLLEY, David; NGUYEN, Thi Ngoc Tram; TANG, Anthony; RANASINGHE, Nimesha; KAWAUCHI, Kensaku; and YEN, Ching-Chiuan.
WindyWall: Exploring creative wind simulations. (2019). Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction, Tempe, Unites States, 2019 March 17-20. 635-644.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/7916
Copyright Owner and License
Authors
Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1145/3294109.3295624