Sensory vision—Development of a course for physical interaction and graphics

Our study describes the development of a basic course for teaching interactivity in media arts and design. Interactivity produced by media technologies is a crucial element for a broad range of studies including software interface design and product design as well as media arts and design. Students learning new types of visual communication should cultivate their ability to comprehend media technology and create interaction using it. We developed original toolkits for a training course that enables students to create an interactive installation and learn how to interrelate graphic images generated by a program that senses human actions. Through the process of learning, students become aware of the diverse relations between sense and actions.

Graphical AbstractFigure optionsDownload full-size imageDownload high-quality image (80 K)Download as PowerPoint slideResearch Highlights► Developed a course for creating interactive artworks by sensing human actions. ► An artwork generates movements of graphics according to inputs from sensors. ► The course focuses on sensory experience and expression with action–sense relations. ► The original toolkits of hardware and software were developed as learning materials.