Abstract
We demonstrate ChromaNails, a physical nail reprogramming device that enables high-resolution multi-color textures on fingernails using photochromic nail polish for on-body interaction. Our ChromaNails reprogrammer uses a miniature RGB projector and a UV light source to project different wavelengths of light onto our photochromic nail polish. We create this nail polish by mixing cyan, magenta, and yellow (CMY) photochromic dye into a base substrate polish. This enables us to control the saturation and desaturation of the CMY particles inside our nail polish to various colors inside the CMY color space. Our integrated user interface enables laypeople to select their preferred color texture and adapts to various nail shapes. We demonstrate the usefulness of ChromaNails for on-body interaction through four application examples on reprogrammable fingernail QR codes, on-body calendars, security, and fashion.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | UIST 2023 Adjunct - Adjunct Proceedings of the 36th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Place of publication | New York |
| Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery |
| Publication date | Oct 2023 |
| Article number | 72 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9798400700965 |
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| Publication status | Published - Oct 2023 |
| Event | 36th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, UIST 2023 - San Francisco, United States Duration: 29 Oct 2023 → 1 Nov 2023 |
Conference
| Conference | 36th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, UIST 2023 |
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| Country/Territory | United States |
| City | San Francisco |
| Period | 29/10/2023 → 01/11/2023 |
| Sponsor | ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics (SIGGRAPH), ACM Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction (SIGCHI) |
Keywords
- color change
- fingernails
- multi-color textures
- nails
- on-body interfaces
- photochromic