This weekend I spoke at the CHI 2007 conference on the subject of virtual sensation. Specifically, I was at a workshop called “Supple Interfaces”, which was put together by my friend Katherine and Kia Höök. I had a really wonderful time; I met a ton of rather blindingly brilliant folks who are working on an amazing smorgasbord of interactive ’supple’ research projects, got to chat with Nicole from Xeodesign, whose work I’ve admired for some time, and had the distinct pleasure of meeting Adrian Chan, who made me reconsider some long-held assumptions about the way people interact with complex systems and with one another through complex systems.

All in all, it was sort of a bizzaro version of GDC for me, as it was held at the San Jose Convention center. I knew exactly which room to go to, where to find refreshments, and where the best and cheapest parking was to be found. A great experience all around!

The slides from my presentation can be found here:

http://steveswink.com/PPT/Swink_CHI_2007.swf