#Apple’s new #LiquidGlass design in #iOS26, while visually striking, introduces #conceptualdissonance. The refractive #glassmetaphor, intended to unify design across touchscreens and headsets, #contradicts the #directmanipulation inherent to iPhone interaction. This raises questions about alignment…

The interaction loop, from Fig. 3 in the paper

The inspiration: This is typically a case of #DirectManipulation, like for instance #InverseKinematics (IK).

An IK solver estimates how to retro-engineer parameters to match a target constraint... But it requires the #derivative of constrained point position wrt. the procedural parameters. 4/8

Picture of a stage at SIGGRAPH Asia, where we receive the Honorable Mention Award

🏆 So honored that our paper received the Honorable Mention #Award at #SIGGRAPHAsia!

I really like this paper BTW, it is about procedural #SignedDistanceFields, a simple idea to #differentiate them and thus provide #DirectManipulation ✨

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