Developers will be able to translate some of the metadata attributes of individual pieces of content on the screen into physical properties that affect how the surfaces on which that content is represented move or react to touch.
The ATLAS researchers measure detailed properties of processes like these to screen the "background" data that gets in the way while hunting for the Higgs.
Marks imagines the potential for user-generated content when users can use the controllers to take a standard 3-D object like a sword, and grab, stretch and deform it on-screen to create new custom objects with new properties.