Tactile Light

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Description

The tactile light is a wall-mount decorative light that has a translucent textile interface for controlling light source position, brightness, temperature and color. It is designed to be a novel and everyday lighting control tool for visualizing color in the physical world, instead of selecting the color on a digital screen. The size of the light is a 10-inch by 10-inch donut shape with 2-inch deep that has one power cord for wall outlet.

About Project

The tactile light is a wall-mount decorative light that has a translucent textile interface for controlling light in a novel haptic and visual experience.

Technical Description

The LED light changes the chip position, brightness and color temperature and hue based on the user's finger position on the textile interface.

User Scenario

One user at a time. The user will stand in front of the light and touch the textile interface to start learning how to control the light brightness