Jamie Zigelbaum

g-stalt

an interface to manipulate complex data sets with the hands

g-stalt v1:

Jamie Zigelbaum, Daniel Leithinger, Adam Kumpf, Kyle Buza, and Hiroshi Ishii

g-stalt v2 (under development):

Jamie Zigelbaum, Daniel Leithinger, Olivier Bau, Alan Browning, Adam Kumpf, and Hiroshi Ishii

In the g-stalt project we are exploring how to navigate large information spaces naturally, quickly, and seamlessly between graphical and physical space. In our first version of g-stalt, shown here, the user can download images from flickr by touching one of three fruits on the table e.g. the orange fruit will download images on flickr tagged with "orange." g-stalt is implemented using the g-speak spatial operating environment from oblong industries http://oblong.com/. The gestures used in g-stalt are shown below, all graphics by Keywon Chung.

touching one of the objects on the table downloads images from flickr that are associated with that object's tag

making this gesture triggers the downloaded photos from flickr to be put into the display space

pinching the air with index and thumb fingers grabs space -- the graphical world moves with your hand as if you are pulling it by the aether

pinch with both hands and you can move and rotate space

this makes the images fly into a two-dimensional grid facing the user

this gesture randomizes the location of the images in space

if you get lost out there, put your thumbs over your shoulders. you'll be okay.