<i>Luminescent Tentacles</i>: Representation using SMA Actuator Arrays in an Interactive Art

• Nakayasu Akira

  Kanazawa College of Art

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• <i>Luminescent Tentacles</i>: SMAアクチュエータアレイを用いたインタラクティブアート表現

Abstract

In this paper, we introduce an interactive art called the Luminescent Tentacles with 256 shape-memory alloy (SMA) actuator arrays. The Luminescent Tentacles system is a scalable kinetic surface system with actuators that can bend in six directions. By waving a hand above the actuators, each actuator reacts to hand movement and the top of the actuator softly glows. The control program based on fluid dynamics controls the actuator movement like the wave propagation. The sound reaction to the hand movement creates music via software synthesizer. We discuss the possibilities of representation using SMA actuator arrays in an Interactive Art through fabrication and exhibition of the Luminescent Tentacles.

Journal

• Transactions of the Virtual Reality Society of Japan

  Transactions of the Virtual Reality Society of Japan 23 (1), 21-26, 2018

  THE VIRTUAL REALITY SOCIETY OF JAPAN

Keywords

• shape-memory alloy actuator
• interactive art
• kinetic surface

Details

• CRID: 1390001204465135744
• NII Article ID: 130006594325
• DOI: 10.18974/tvrsj.23.1_21
• ISSN: 24239593
• ISSN: 1344011X
• Text Lang: ja
• Data Source:
  • JaLC
  • CiNii Articles
  • KAKEN
• Abstract License Flag: Disallowed