The Light Orchard: an immersive display platform for collaborative tangible interaction

This paper describes the Light Orchard, an installation that encourages crowds to collaboratively interact with a tangible field of information, visualized by 36 lantern stations. The interface is presented through as a stack of lantern shades, which can track user interaction through touch, motion, and sound. The system is designed as a platform capable of displaying multiple different games, animations, and simulations, and adapts to support many different group interactions.