Ivan Poupyrev

Ivan Poupyrev

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    • Soli
    • Jacquard
    • Aireal
    • REVEL
    • Ishin-Den-Shin
    • Printed Optics
    • Papillon
    • Botanicus Interacticus
    • Touché
    • MotionBeam
    • TeslaTouch
    • Capacitive Fingerprinting
    • SideBySide
    • Lumen
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    • Sony Cedar phone
    • Sony Style 12 pixels service
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Year Website Title Project
  • 2000 New York Times

    The pop-up book picks up magical dimensions

    The pop-up book picks up magical dimensions
  • 2010 NBC News

    Feel the future: Touchscreens that touch back

    TeslaTouch
  • 2010 CNN

    When glass touch screens feel like sandpaper

    TeslaTouch
  • 2010 MIT Technology Review

    Electrovibration could make for a better sensory experience on a smooth touch surface

    TeslaTouch
  • 2011 New Scientist

    Cellphone motion projector throws gaming onto the wall

    MotionBeam
  • 2011 TechCrunch

    Disney research shows pico projector-based games with MotionBeam prototype

    MotionBeam
  • 2012 Fast Company

    Real Disney magic: Gadgets that know who you are just by touch

    Capacitive Fingerprinting
  • 2012 Engadget

    Disney Research develops capacitive touch that detects multiple users through their fingertips

    Capacitive Fingerprinting
  • 2012 The Verge

    Disney Research explores capacitive fingerprinting to create multi-user touchscreens

    Capacitive Fingerprinting
  • 2012 Gizmodo

    The next breakthrough in computer control: Plant-fondling

    Botanicus Interacticus
  • 2012 Wired

    Disney shows you how to play music on a houseplant

    Disney shows you how to play music on a houseplant
  • 2012 Fast Company

    Disney's interactive plants aren't just magic. They're practical magic

    Disney’s interactive plants aren’t just magic. They’re practical magic
  • 2013 The Verge

    How Disney is helping plants find their voice

    Botanicus Interacticus
  • 2012 The Verge

    Disney researchers use electrical charge to create virtual textures

    REVEL
  • 2012 Creative Applications Network

    Disney researchers augment touch sensation with REVEL

    REVEL
  • 2012 Engadget

    Disney's REVEL could turn the whole world into a tactile touchscreen

    REVEL
  • 2012 MIT Technology Review

    Disney researchers add virtual touch to the real world

    REVEL
  • 2012 Core77

    Disney Research presents optically-enabled 3D-Printed interactive objects

    Printed Optics
  • 2012 BBC

    Disney develops 3D-printed lighting for toys

    Printed Optics
  • 2015 Wired

    Google is hacking our clothes to work like touchscreens

    Jacquard
  • 2015 Forbes

    Google’s Project Jacquard wants to make wearables truly wearable

    Jacquard
  • 2012 Wired

    Augmented Reality: Disney Touche’ haptics

    Touché
  • 2012 New Scientist

    Touché brings touch control to everyday things

    Touché
  • 2012 Washington Post

    Disney may be on to something: New technology could bring objects to life

    Touché
  • 2012 MIT Techonology Review

    Five transformative uses for Disney's touch-sensitive technology

    Touché
  • 2012 Gizmodo

    Mind-Blowing Disney Sensor Tech Brings Gesture Computing To Everyday Objects

    Touché
  • 2013 New Scientist

    Touchscreens get curves thanks to 3D printed optics

    Papillon
  • 2013 PC Magazine

    Disney using 3D printing to produce emotive robot eyes

    Papillon
  • 2013 CNN

    Feel' objects in thin air: The future of touch technology

    Aireal
  • 2013 The Independent

    Disney's 'Aireal' system uses air vortexes to mimic touch feedback for computers

    Aireal
  • 2013 Mashable

    Device puffs virtual objects into reality

    Aireal
  • 2013 Wired

    Disney’s Amazing Air Cannons Let You Touch the Digital World

    Aireal
  • 2013 Mashable

    Disney Research Develops Tactile 3D Touchscreen

    Disney Research Develops Tactile 3D Touchscreen
  • 2013 Washington Post

    Disney invents touchscreen that lets you feel textures

    Disney invents touchscreen that lets you feel textures
  • 2013 BBC

    Disney develops way to 'feel' touchscreen images

    TeslaTouch
  • 2015 Afisha

    It's a Challenge: How Russian designer invents smart textile at Google

    Jacquard
  • 2016 Bloomberg

    Google's Project Jacquard gets it right

    Jacquard
  • 2016 MIT Techonology Review

    Here’s why Google and Levi’s are working Ttogether to make a jean jacket

    Jacquard
  • 2016 Mashable

    Project Jacquard could be Google's best shot at a wearable platform

    Jacquard
  • 2016 Forbes

    Google and Levi's launch the first 'Smart' jean jacket for urban cyclists

    Jacquard
  • 2016 9to5Google

    Google’s Project Soli could solve one of the biggest problems with Android Wear

    Soli
  • 2015 Business Insider

    Google's new finger control technology is straight out of a science fiction movie

    Soli
  • 2015 Wired

    Can Google fix gesture tech with tiny, all-knowing sensors?

    Soli
  • 2016 Engadget

    Touchless technology that blows your mind

    Soli
  • 2016 Techcrunch

    Project Soli mobile radar can now identify objects

    Soli
  • 2016 The Verge

    A tiny radar system in a smartwatch for gesture control

    Soli
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    Development by Twelve
    Portrait by Peter McCollough

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