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Professor
Hiroshi Ishii
TAs
Amanda Parkes
Hayes Raffle
Kimiko Ryokai

Admin Assistant
Lisa Lieberson
Students 
Tangible Media Group website
 
 
 
 
Complete Suggested Reading List

Ackerman, D. (1990) A Natural History of the Senses, Random House, Inc.

Arias, E., Eden, H. and Fischer, G. (1997). Enhancing Communication, Facilitating Shared Understanding, and Creating Better Artifacts by Integrating Physical and Computational Media for Design. in Proceedings of Designing Interactive Systems: Processes, Practices, Methods, and Techniques, Amsterdam, August 1997, ACM, 1-12.

Buxton, W. (1995). Integrating the Periphery and Context: A New Model of Telematics. in Proceedings of Graphics Interface ‘95, 239-246.

Buxton, W. (1997) To appear in (Eds.). . Hillsdale, N. J. E. (1997). Living in Augmented Reality: Ubiquitous Media and Reactive Environments. In Video Mediated Communication, pp. 363-384, S. W. Finn ed.Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Cooperstock, J., et al., “Evolution of a Reactive Environment,” Proceedings of CHI ‘95, ACM, May 1995, pp. 170-177.

Crampton Smith, G. (1995). The Hand That Rocks the Cradle. I.D., May/June 1995, , 60-65.
Csikszentmihaly, M. and Rochberg-Halton, E. (1981) The Meaning of Things : Domestic Symbols and the Self (, Cambridge University Press.

Dunne, A. & Raby, F., Fields and Thresholds, November 1994, http://www.mediamatic.nl/Doors/Doors2/DunRab/DunRab-Doors2-E.html

Feiner, S., MacIntyre, B., and Seligmann, D. Knowledge-based augmented reality. Communications of the ACM, 36(7), July 1993, 52-62.

Fitzmaurice, G., “Situated Information Spaces and Spatially Aware Palmtop Computers,” CACM, July 1993, Vol. 36, No. 7, pp. 38-49.

Fitzmaurice, G., Ishii, H., Buxton, W., “Bricks: Laying the Foundations for Graspable User Interfaces,” Proceedings of Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ‘95), ACM, Denver, May 1995, pp. 442-449.

Ishii, H., Kobayashi, M. and Arita, K., “Iterative Design of Seamless Collaboration Media,” Communications of the ACM (CACM), ACM, Vol. 37, No. 8, August 1994, pp. 83-97.

Krueger, M., “Artificial Reality II,” Addison Wesley, 1991

Lubar, S. and Kingery, W. D. (ed.) (1995). History from Things : Essays on Material Culture. Smithsonian Institute Press.

MacKenzie, C. L. and Iberall, T. (1994) The Grasping Hand , Advances in Psychology, 104, North-Holland, Elsevier Science B. V.

McCullough, M. (1996) Abstracting Craft: The Practiced Digital Hand, The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA.

Norman, D. A. “Things That Make Us Smart,” Addison Wesley, 1993.

Norman, D. A., “Psychology of Everyday Things,” Basic Books, 1988.

Pedersen, E. and Sokoler, T. (1997). AROMA: Abstract Representation Of Presence Supporting Mutual Awareness. in Proceedings of Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ‘97), Atlanta, March 1997, , 51-58.

Pentland, A. P. (1996). Smart Rooms. Scientific American. 274, 4 (1996), 54-62.

Resnick, M. (1993). Behavior Construction Kits. Communications of the ACM. 36, 7 (1993), 64-71.

Shneiderman, B. (1997). Designing the User Interface: Strategies forÅ@Effective Human-Computer Interaction, Third Edition, Addison-Wesley,Å@Reading, Mass. (1997).

Strong, R. and Gaver W.W. (1996) "Feather, Scent, and Shaker: Supporting simple intimacy" Proceedings for CSCW'96 (Nov.16 - 20, Boston)

Heiner J; Hudson, S & Tanaka, K(1999) "The Information Percolator: Ambient Information Display in a Decorative Object", ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, pp. 141-148, November, 1999.

Pedersen, E & Sokoler, T "AROMA: Abstract Representation Of Presence Supporting Mutual Awareness" Proceedings for CHI '97 (March 22-27, Altanta Georgia)

Weiser, Mark, Does Ubiquitous Computing Need Interface Agents?

MIT Media Lab Symposium on Interface Agents, Cambridge, MA 1992.

Weiser, M., “The Computer for the 21st Century,” Scientific American, 1991, 265 (3), pp. 94-104.

Weiser, M. and Brown, J.S., Designing Calm Technology, December 1995, http://www.ubiq.com/hypertext/weiser/calmtech/calmtech.htm

Wellner, P. (1993). Interacting with Paper on the DigitalDesk. Communications of the ACM. 36, 7 (1993), 87-96.

Wellner, P., Mackay, W. and Gold, R. (1993). Computer Augmented Environments: Back to the Real World. Communications of the ACM. 36, 7 (1993), 24-26.

 

TMG papers (download from http://tangible.media.mit.edu/papers.htm)

Ishii, H. Bottles: A Transparent Interface as a Tribute to Mark Weiser, in IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems, Vol. E87-D, No. 6, pp. 1299-1311, June 2004

Raffle, H., Parkes, A., Ishii, H. Topobo: A Constructive Assembly System with Kinetic Memory, in Proceedings of Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '04), (Vienna, Austria, April 24 - April 29, 2004)

Ryokai, K., Marti, S., Ishii, H. I/O Brush: Drawing with Everyday Objects as Ink, in Proceedings of Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '04), (Vienna, Austria, April 24 - April 29, 2004)

Raffle, H., Joachim, M., Tichenor, J. Super Cilia Skin: An Interactive Membrane, in Extended Abstracts of Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '03), (Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA, April 5- April 10, 2003)

Pangaro, G., Maynes-Aminzade, D., Ishii, H. The Actuated Workbench: Computer-Controlled Actuation in Tabletop Tangible Interfaces , in Proceedings of Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST '02) , (Paris, France, October 27 - 30, 2002)

Ishii, H., Underkoffler, J., Chak, D., Piper, B., Ben-Joseph, E., Yeung, L., Kanji, Z. Augmented Urban Planning Workbench: Overlaying Drawings, Physical Models and Digital Simulation , in Proceedings of Conference on IEEE and ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR '02) , (Darmstadt, Germany, Sept. 30 - October 1, 2002)

Chang, A., O'Modhrain, S., Gunther, Jacob, R., Gunther, E., Ishii, H., ComTouch: Design of a Vibrotactile Communication Device , in Design of Interactive Systems (DIS '02) , (London, United Kingdom, June 25 - 28, 2002)

Patten, J., Recht, B., Ishii, H., Audiopad: A Tag-based Interface for Musical Performance , in Proceedings of Conference on New Interface for Musical Expression (NIME '02) , (Dublin, Ireland, May 24 - 26, 2002)

Jacob, R., Ishii, H., Pangaro, G., Patten, J., A Tangible Interface for Organizing Information Using a Grid , in Proceedings of Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '02) , (Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, April 20 - April 25, 2002)

Piper, B., Ratti, C., and Ishii, H., Illuminating Clay: A 3-D Tangible Interface for Landscape Analysis , in Proceedings of Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '02) , (Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, April 20 - April 25, 2002)

Patten, J., Ishii, H., Hines, J., Pangaro, G., Sensetable: A Wireless Object Tracking Platform for Tangible User Interfaces, in Proceedings of Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '01), (Seattle, Washington, USA, March 31 - April 5, 2001), ACM Press, pp.253-260

Ishii, H., Ren, S. and Frei, P., Pinwheels: Visualizing Information Flow in an Architectural Space (short paper), in Extended Abstracts of Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '01), (Seattle, Washington, USA, March 31 - April 5, 2001), ACM Press, pp.111-112

Ishii, H., Mazalek, A., Lee, J., Bottles as a Minimal Interface to Access Digital Information (short paper), in Extended Abstracts of Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '01), (Seattle, Washington, USA, March 31 - April 5, 2001), ACM Press, pp.187-188 235KB

Ullmer, B., Kim, E., Kilian, A., Gray, S. and Ishii, H., Strata/ICC: Physical Models as Computational Interfaces (short paper), in Extended Abstracts of Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '01), (Seattle, Washington, USA, March 31 - April 5, 2001), ACM Press, pp.373-374

Chang, A., Resner, B., Koerner B., Wang, X and Ishii, H., LumiTouch: An Emotional Communication Device (short paper), in Extended Abstracts of Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '01), (Seattle, Washington, USA, March 31 - April 5, 2001), ACM Press, pp.313-314

Ullmer, B., and Ishii, H. Emerging Frameworks for Tangible User Interfaces. In IBM Systems Journal, v393n3, 2000, pp. 915-931.

Patten, J., and Ishii, H., A Comparison of Spatial Organization Strategies in Graphical and Tangible User Interfaces, in Proceedings of Designing Augmented Reality Environments (DARE '00) , (Elsinore, Denmark, April 12-14, 2000), pp. 41-50

Frei, P., Su, V., Mikhak, B., and Ishii, H., curlybot: Designing a New Class of Computational Toys, in Proceedings of Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '00) , (The Hague, The Netherlands, April 1-6, 2000), ACM Press, pp.129-136

Lee, J., Su, V., Ren, S., and Ishii, H., HandSCAPE: A Vectorizing Tape Measure for On-Site Measuring Applications, in Proceedings of Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '00) , (The Hague, The Netherlands, April 1-6, 2000), ACM Press, pp.137-144

Yarin, P., and Ishii, H., TouchCounters: Designing Interactive Electronic Labels for Physical Containers (video), in Extended Abstracts of Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '00), (The Hague, The Netherlands, April 1-6, 2000), ACM Press, pp.18-19

Underkoffler, J., Ullmer, B., and Ishii, H., Emancipated Pixels: Real-World Graphics In The Luminous Room , in Proceedings of SIGGRAPH '99 , (Los Angeles, California USA, August 8-13, 1999), ACM Press, pp. 385-392.

Ishii, H., Fletcher, R., Lee, J., Choo, S., Berzowska, J., Wisneski, C., Cano, C., Hernandez, A., and Bulthaup, C., musicBottles, in Conference Abstracts and Applications of SIGGRAPH '99 , Emerging Technologies, (Los Angeles, California USA, August 8-13, 1999), ACM Press, pp. 174.

Ishii, H., Wisneski, C., Orbanes, J., Chun, B., and Paradiso, J., PingPongPlus: Design of an Athletic-Tangible Interface for Computer-Supported Cooperative Play, in Proceedings of Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '99), (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA, May 15-20, 1999), ACM Press, pp. 394-401.

Yarin, P., and Ishii, H., TouchCounters: Designing Interactive Electronic Labels for Physical Containers, in Proceedings of Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '99), (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA, May 15-20, 1999), ACM Press, pp. 362-369.

Underkoffler, J., and Ishii, H., Urp: A Luminous-Tangible Workbench for Urban Planning and Design, in Proceedings of Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '99), (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA, May 15-20, 1999), ACM Press, pp. 386-393.

Brave, S., Ishii, H. and Dahley, A., Tangible Interfaces for Remote Collaboration and Communication , in Proceedings of CSCW '98, (Seattle, Washington USA, November 1998), ACM Press, pp. 169-178.
Ishii, H. “The Last Farewell”: Traces of Physical Presence. interactions 5, 4 (July + August 1998), ACM, pp. 55-56.

Ullmer, B., Ishii, H. and Glas, D., mediaBlocks: Physical Containers,Transports, and Controls for Online Media, in Proceedings of SIGGRAPH ‘98, (Orlando, Florida USA, July 1998), ACM Press, pp. 379-386.

Gorbet, M., Orth, M. and Ishii, H., Triangles: Tangible Interface for Manipulation and Exploration of Digital Information Topography, in Proceedings of Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ‘98), (Los Angeles, April 1998), ACM Press, pp. 49-56.

Underkoffler, J. and Ishii, H., Illuminating Light: An Optical Design Tool with a Luminous-Tangible Interface, in Proceedings of Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ‘98), (Los Angeles, April 1998), ACM Press, pp. 542-549.

Ishii, H., Wisneski, C., Brave, S., Dahley, A., Gorbet, M., Ullmer, B. and Yarin, P., ambientROOM: Integrating Ambient Media with Architectural Space (video), in Summary of Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '98), (Los Angeles, April 1998), ACM Press, pp. 173-174.

Wisneski, C., Orbanes, J. and Ishii, H., PingPongPlus: Augmentation and Transformation of Athletic Interpersonal Interaction (short paper), in Summary of Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ‘98), (Los Angeles, April 1998), ACM Press, pp. 327-328.

Dahley, A., Wisneski, C. and Ishii, H., Water Lamp and Pinwheels: Ambient Projection of Digital Information into Architectural Space (short paper), in Summary of Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ‘98 ), (Los Angeles, April 1998), ACM Press, pp. 269-270.

Wisneski, C., Ishii, H., Dahley, A., Gorbet, M., Brave, S., Ullmer, B. and Yarin, P., Ambient Displays: Turning Architectual Space into an Interface between People and Digital Information, in Proceedings of International Workshop on Cooperative Buildings (CoBuild ‘98), (Darmstadt, Germany, February 1998), Springer Press, pp. 22-32. 1997

Ullmer, B. and Ishii, H., The metaDESK: Models and Prototypes for Tangible User Interfaces, in Proceedings of Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST ‘97), (Banff, Alberta, Canada, October, 1997), ACM Press, pp. 223-232.

Ishii, H. and Ullmer, B., Tangible Bits: Towards Seamless Interfaces between People, Bits and Atoms, in Proceedings of Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ‘97), (Atlanta, March 1997), ACM Press, pp. 234-241.

Small, D. and Ishii, H., Design of Spatially Aware Graspable Displays, in Extended Abstracts of Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ‘97), (Atlanta, March 1997), ACM Press, pp. 367-368.