Producing live participation with big screen
Kai Kuikkaniemi · 2013
My research is a combination constructive design research and practice-led research in the domain of producing novel big screen experiences for school of art and design and department of motion picture, television and production design. As one of the case studies in my thesis research I present a generic user interface for large interactive walls, Kupla UI. Kupla UI applies physics modeled spherical content widgets to present information. It is primarily targeted for multi-user information exploration and holding informal presentations in public spaces, such as exhibitions, commercial spaces and lobbies. Kupla is designed to support multiple simultaneous users, graph-based content hierarchy, flexible installation form-factors, heterogeneous content, and playful interaction. In Kupla design we have developed multiple different states for spherical widgets that differ in terms of visualization, function and physical modeling. These different states help to accommodate different use cases with the same installation.