Re:Why we didn't make an app
by aen on Saturday February 04, 2012 @01:05AM
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Nice post Eric. This is why I can never imagine myself without my physical books, whether or not I have a Kindle. A world in which the only texture is glass is sad.
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Re:Why we didn't make an app
by KPLauritzen on Saturday February 04, 2012 @04:45AM
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Exactly! There is a good article about it here, http://worrydream.com/ABriefRantOnTheFutureOfInteractionDesi...
Our hands are amazing for feeling minute changes with the tips of our fingers. And we discard that ability if every device we interact with is a glass surface
Yep. I didn't get to mention the purely tactile reasons we went with a printed map, but it was definitely a big factor.
If you have a look at the "Fold" section on the kickstarter page, we put up two diagrams from the original paper describing the folding method we used, that shows a light-traced image of how one's hands move when unfolding a conventionally folded map vs. a miura folded map. The latter simply <i>feels</i> much better!