“inTouch” is a medium that enables users, who are separated from each other by distance, to communicate through touch. Specifically, force-feedback technology is employed to makes the users feel as if they are operating a shared physical object.

This research project embodies the concept of expanding targets of info-communication research from sound, text, and computer graphics to “tangible information,” and has inspired many researchers, designers, and businesspersons since it was unveiled in 1997.

ISHII Hiroshi
MIT Tangible Media Group

“inTouch” Production Members:
Scott BRAVE+Andrew DAHLEY+Phil FREI+Victor SU+Rujira HONGLADAROMP+Joseph PANGANIBAN+Kenoloi KAIETANO+ Matthew MALCOLM+Angela CHANG+ISHII Hiroshi