The Tango: a tangible tangoreceptive whole-hand human interface

We describe the Tango, a new passive haptic interface for whole-hand interaction with 3D objects. The Tango is shaped like a ball and can be grasped comfortably in one hand. Its pressure sensitive skin measures the contact pressures exerted by the user´s hand, and accelerometers within the device measure its motion and attitude. This information can be used for novel modes of interaction with three-dimensional objects. We describe the design of the device, and the software for interpreting the sensor data for user interaction. Accompanying this paper, there is a demonstration of the device at the Hands-On Demo session of the conference.