Sprayable User Interfaces: Prototyping Large-Scale Interactive Surfaces with Sensors and Displays

Michael Wessely; Ticha Sethapakdi; Carlos Castillo; Jackson C. Snowden; Ollie Hanton; Isabel P.S. Qamar; Mike Fraser; Anne Roudaut; Stefanie Mueller

doi:10.1145/3313831.3376249

Sprayable User Interfaces: Prototyping Large-Scale Interactive Surfaces with Sensors and Displays

Michael Wessely, Ticha Sethapakdi, Carlos Castillo, Jackson C. Snowden, Ollie Hanton, Isabel P.S. Qamar, Mike Fraser, Anne Roudaut, Stefanie Mueller

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Abstract

We present Sprayable User Interfaces: room-sized interactive surfaces that contain sensor and display elements created by airbrushing functional inks. Since airbrushing is inherently mobile, designers can create large-scale user interfaces on complex 3D geometries where existing stationary fabrication methods fail. To enable Sprayable User Interfaces, we developed a novel design and fabrication pipeline that takes a desired user interface layout as input and automatically generates stencils for airbrushing the layout onto a physical surface. After fabricating stencils from cardboard or projecting stencils digitally, designers spray each layer with an airbrush, attach a microcontroller to the user interface, and the interface is ready to be used. Our technical evaluation shows that Sprayable User Interfaces work on various geometries and surface materials, such as porous stone and rough wood. We demonstrate our system with several application examples including interactive smart home applications on a wall and a soft leather sofa, an interactive smart city application, and interactive architecture in public office spaces.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI 2020 - Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	1-12
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450367080
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3313831.3376249
Publication status	Published - 21 Apr 2020
Event	2020 ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2020 - Honolulu, USA United States Duration: 25 Apr 2020 → 30 Apr 2020

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Name	Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

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Conference	2020 ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2020
Country/Territory	USA United States
City	Honolulu
Period	25/04/20 → 30/04/20

Keywords

airbrush
fabrication
printed electronics
spraying
ubiquitous computing

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
Human-Computer Interaction
Software

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Wessely, M., Sethapakdi, T., Castillo, C., Snowden, J. C., Hanton, O., Qamar, I. P. S., Fraser, M., Roudaut, A., & Mueller, S. (2020). Sprayable User Interfaces: Prototyping Large-Scale Interactive Surfaces with Sensors and Displays. In CHI 2020 - Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-12). Article 3376249 (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3313831.3376249

Sprayable User Interfaces: Prototyping Large-Scale Interactive Surfaces with Sensors and Displays. / Wessely, Michael; Sethapakdi, Ticha; Castillo, Carlos et al.
CHI 2020 - Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Association for Computing Machinery, 2020. p. 1-12 3376249 (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings).

Research output: Chapter or section in a book/report/conference proceeding › Chapter in a published conference proceeding

Wessely, M, Sethapakdi, T, Castillo, C, Snowden, JC, Hanton, O, Qamar, IPS, Fraser, M, Roudaut, A & Mueller, S 2020, Sprayable User Interfaces: Prototyping Large-Scale Interactive Surfaces with Sensors and Displays. in CHI 2020 - Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems., 3376249, Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings, Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 1-12, 2020 ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2020, Honolulu, USA United States, 25/04/20. https://doi.org/10.1145/3313831.3376249

Wessely M, Sethapakdi T, Castillo C, Snowden JC, Hanton O, Qamar IPS et al. Sprayable User Interfaces: Prototyping Large-Scale Interactive Surfaces with Sensors and Displays. In CHI 2020 - Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Association for Computing Machinery. 2020. p. 1-12. 3376249. (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings). doi: 10.1145/3313831.3376249

Wessely, Michael ; Sethapakdi, Ticha ; Castillo, Carlos et al. / Sprayable User Interfaces : Prototyping Large-Scale Interactive Surfaces with Sensors and Displays. CHI 2020 - Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Association for Computing Machinery, 2020. pp. 1-12 (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings).

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