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Non-Conventional Interfaces using Stamp Controllers

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Multimedia 2001

Part of the book series: Eurographics ((EUROGRAPH))

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Artists continue to search for new methods of creation of artworks. The trend to interactive multimedia installation work requires systems that allow participants to interact in subtle ways. The paper describes a number of non-conventional interfaces to computer mediated art works achieved using small Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) called ‘Stamps’. These are programmed in BASIC and can be interfaced to personal computers or used as stand alone devices. They are cheap and extremely versatile in their use for non-conventional interfaces.

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  1. Lansdown Centre for Electronic Arts, Middlesex University, Cat Hill, Barnet, EN4 8HT, UK

    Hugh Mallinder & Huw Jones

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  1. Departamento de Engenharia Informática, IST/Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

    Joaquim Jorge

  2. Departamento de Informática, New University of Lisbon, FCT/UNL, Caparica, Portugal

    Nuno Correia

  3. Middlesex University, Barnet, UK

    Huw Jones (Chair of Landsdown Centre for Electronic Arts) (Chair of Landsdown Centre for Electronic Arts)

  4. Department of Applied Science, University of California, Davis, Las Vegas, USA

    Meera Blattner Kamegai

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Mallinder, H., Jones, H. (2002). Non-Conventional Interfaces using Stamp Controllers. In: Jorge, J., Correia, N., Jones, H., Kamegai, M.B. (eds) Multimedia 2001. Eurographics. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-6103-6_15

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