SNUI

Sensor Network User Interface (SNUI)

Here’s an example of a fluid UI where you have multiple compact tiles made up of color LCD screens, in-built accelerometers and IrDA infrared transceivers that are able to interact with one another when placed in close proximity. Let’s make this simple. It’s like Scrabble tiles that have screens which will change to reflect data when placed next to each other.

 

As you shall see in this demo video of Siftables, users can physically interact with the tiles by tilting, shaking, lifting and bumping it with other similar tiles. These tiles can serve as a highly interactive learning tool for young children who can receive immediate reactions to their actions.

SNUI is also great for simple puzzle games where gameplay includes shifting and rotating tiles to win. Then there’s also the ability to sort images physically by grouping these tiles together according to your preferences. It is a more crowd-enabled TUI; instead of one screen it’s made out of several smaller screens that interact with one another.