Interfaces You Can Touch

Name Koert van Mensvoort
Advisor prof.dr.ir.Berry Eggen
Website www.powercursor.com

Powercursor is a software toolkit in Flash for designing interfaces you can touch.
Tactile sensations like stickiness, roughness, pressure, volume or mass can be experienced in a graphical user interface without resorting to special force feedback devices. Powercursor uses a technique called 'optically simulated haptic feedback' to evoke the tactile experience.
The software engine consists of a set of force field objects that can be added to any Flash project: Holes, Hills, Slopes, Roughs, Walls, Whirls, and more. Powercursor enables interaction designers to add a sense of feel to their Flash interfaces without difficult programming.

ir. Koen Hendrix (programming)
Dr. ir. Dik Hermes (research)
Peter Vos (research)
Pascal de Man (programming)
Niels Schrader MFA (design)
Mieke Gerritzen (design, production)
Sander Coenen (design)
Tanja Keilen (sound design)