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This paper presents a way of creating and working with lo-fi materials for a tactile refreshable pin display. The materials were seen to work well, and supported co-design discussions around the future design of, and interaction with, the – as yet, non-existing – tactile device.
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We want to thank all the users participating in our different user studies. Furthermore, we gratefully acknowledge support from the EU for the project 101070396 - ABILITY.
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Magnusson, C., Saeed, T., Rassmus-Gröhn, K. (2025). Lo-Fi Prototyping a Refreshable Pin Display. In: Kajimoto, H., et al. Haptics: Understanding Touch; Technology and Systems; Applications and Interaction. EuroHaptics 2024. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 14769. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-70061-3_34
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