Last year, MITs Tangible Media Group unveiled the inFORM, a digital project that, by sensing presence and gestures, could let the user interact with physical objects remotely. The project rests comfortably between graphical user interfaces and tactile user interfaces, as it envisions a future where people might shake hands with the person theyre video chatting with. MIT has now followed the project up with Transform, which takes the inFORM concept and uses it to make transformable furniture. As with inFORM, the Transform table is an early look at what MIT hopes will be interface design for everyday physical objects in and outside the home.
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