Tangible User Interface
Also known as: TUI, Physical Interface
An interface in which users interact with digital information through physical objects and surfaces in the real world. Tangible user interfaces bridge the gap between digital and physical by giving digital data a physical form that can be grasped, moved, and manipulated. For blind and low vision users, TUIs provide natural, tactile ways to interact with technology without relying on visual displays, making them particularly valuable for music creation, education, and spatial reasoning tasks.
Category: interaction design · human-computer interaction
Related: Embodied Interaction · Haptic Feedback · Non-Visual Interaction