In recent years, multimodal interaction is the heated direction of human-computer interaction. In the field of haptic interaction, most of the research focuses on the optimization of force feedback, little attention is paid to the tactile experience of material. What’s more, the material which integrates digital information transmission ability and traditional fabric characteristics, has given great advantages to electronic fabric technology. However, the current interactive research on electronic fabric is still focused on capacitive touch, we want to research how to interact with it in more fabric characteristic ways.

Based on electronic fabric technology, this research provides the ability to transmit digital information for traditional fabrics through integrating electronic components. Based on the study of the physical and emotional properties of traditional fabric materials, this research attempts to explore the electronic fabric interaction mode with fabric characteristics (such as stretching, pressing, unfolding, etc.), expand the extension of fabric interaction mode, and fully tap the great potential of textile material properties in human-computer interaction.

This research designs a set of interactive lighting device combined with electronic fabric. In the device, users can control the change of light parameters through the interaction related to fabric characteristics. This study attempts to pay attention to the emotional cognitive properties of fabric, which can bring people a warm feeling,and the physical state and material semantics of fabric itself could indicate its interaction mode. This kind of exploration based on the unique interaction mode derived from material characteristics is conducive to returning the interaction mode to people’s cognition of material itself in daily life, and is also good for strengthening the attention of material semantic and emotional attributes in tactile interaction, which can bring more possibilities for future electronic fabric interaction.