Sile O'Modhrain

Sile O'Modhrain

Professor of Performing Arts Technology and Professor of Information at the University of Michigan

Mesh

Mesh is a hardware platform that integrates inertial sensing, a compass and a vibrotactile display into a back pack for a standard iPaq. The objective of Mesh is to provide a platform for prototyping examples of applications that combine haptic, visual and auditory display in a single hand-held device that is capable of communicating with other similar devices. Current examples of such applications are the Body Mnemonics, ContactIM and Topographic Torch projects mentioned in the Portfolio page.

Front and back views of a handheld device, with internal circuitry visibleA hand holding a device with an overlaid arc diagram showing tracked motion in 3D space.

  • O’Modhrain, S., (2004). “Touch and go - designing haptic feedback for a hand-held mobile device” BT Technology Journal, Vol 22 No. 4, Kluwer Academic Publishers, October 2004
  • Oakley, I. & O’Modhrain, S., (2005). “Tilt to Scroll: Evaluating a Motion Based Vibrotactile Mobile Interface” in IEEE Proceedings of the World Haptics Conference, Pisa, Italy
  • Hughes, S. Oakley, I & O’Modhrain, S., (2004). “MESH: Supporting Mobile Multi-modal Interfaces” in Proceedings of ACM UIST’04, Santa Fe, NM
  • Oakley, I., Angesleva, J., Hughes, S & O’Modhrain, S., (2004). “Tilt and Feel: Scrolling with Vibrotactile Display” in proceedings of EuroHaptics’04, Munich, Germany

People:

  • Stephen Hughes
  • Ian Oakley
  • Sile O’Modhrain