| Abstract |
| Direct information delivery for men includes the following: sound information conveyed to the ears with the mouth as the source visual information that conveys body movements to the other person and tactual information conveyed through touching, hugging, or hitting. Sound information transcends time it can be delivered to a remote place through the media such as radio, telephone, CD, etc. Visual information can be delivered through drawings or pictures. As symbolic visual information, characters are used in several media ranging from letters and faxes to newspapers and publishing. Using both senses of sight and hearing, television and video are considered as useful media since they provide a wealth of information. Tactual information for man is sent out from all parts of the body including the hand. More complex information is sent out when unique tactual information for an object is sent out together with bodily movement. Information obtained from the skin such as shape, texture, warm feeling, and keen feeling is accepted only when the target object or person exists and there is physical contact. For now, it is impossible to deliver tactual information from a remote place or transcend time. Although development of ways and media to deliver tactual information is already underway, the study on man`s cognitive and sensory aspects is still in its infancy stages. However, interest in tactual sense has been growing alongside the advancement of information technology and digitization of science and technologies. Virtual reality, tactual games, tactual display, and tactual mouse development give a glimpse of the future development of tactual media and research on tactual sense as the most sensitive among man`s five senses. Against this backdrop, the study sought to rediscover media through the tactual sense and explore the possibility of using tactual media as design media. The value of design using tactual sense and its value as media was suggested by analyzing the Graphical User Interface (GUI) environment to implement tactual sense and by explaining factors that enable one to experience tactual sense. |
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| Key Words |
| User Interface, Tactual Media, Design Tool |
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