FuSA2 touch display

In this paper, we propose a fibratus visual display using a plastic optical fiber (POF) bundles for visual and tactile communication. The proposal system has arrayed POF bundles as flexible and pliable hairs. The surface that is composed of tips of the POF bundles can display visual information (colors, shapes, and so on.). This surface also can detect multi-touch input by leveraging camera-based detection technique. Touching the surface with the fibratus texture gives users comfortable feeling and piece of mind. We evaluate the implemented system by measurement of the touch input recognition rate and by user feedback. From the result of the measurement, we discuss the capabilities of detecting various input techniques and the potential availabilities.