A tangible interface for organizing information using a grid

Jacob, Robert J. K.; Ishii, Hiroshi; Pangaro, Gian; Patten, James

doi:10.1145/503376.503437

Cited by 71 publications

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“…Jacob et al extended the TUI by projecting information on movable physical objects [6]. The "bricks" system was the first interface to allow multiple physical controls in a TUI system to be used together to expand information shown [3].…”

Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

Physical Avatars in a Projector-Camera Tangible User Interface Enhance Quantitative Simulation Analysis and Engagement

Nasman

Cutler

2013

2013 IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Workshops

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We present an augmented reality environment for the visualization of architectural daylighting simulations. The new visualizations focus the users' attention on the problematic aspects of a building design. Architectural design is a task particularly well suited for Tangible User Interfaces (TUIs). The user physically constructs a scale model of the building, a lighting simulation is then performed on this space, and then the simulation results are projected into the physical model by a set of calibrated projectors. A user study of an earlier version of the system revealed that users lacked accurate quantitative information about the propagation of natural light within architectural spaces and had difficulties identifying and reasoning about areas of overillumination, under-illumination, and glare. This was our motivation for two important additions to the system: physical avatar tokens within the physical scale model to specify areas of interest for glare and false color visualizations. We render viewpoints from the perspective of each avatar and indicate glare for each viewpoint. To provide users with an additional way to minimize glare and provide visual interest, we introduce new complex and interesting shading materials. These features illustrated in our tool create a more immersive and educational experience for novice and experienced designers.

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Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

Physical Avatars in a Projector-Camera Tangible User Interface Enhance Quantitative Simulation Analysis and Engagement

Nasman

Cutler

2013

2013 IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Workshops

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“…Mazalek et al, 2002;Jacob et al, 2002;Ullmer et al, 1998;Ryokai and Cassell, 1999;Ryokai et al, 2003). The playing cards in Card Shark and Thespis and in StorySpinner, described previously, provide the interface for navigating the hypertext story content in these models.…”

Section: Narrative and Interactivitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Re-using digital narrative content in interactive games

Wolff

Mulholland

Zdráhal

et al. 2007

International Journal of Human-Computer Studies

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This paper presents a model, called Scene-Driver, for the reuse of film and television material. We begin by exploring general issues surrounding the ways in which content can be sub-divided into meaningful units for re-use and how criteria might then be applied to the selection and ordering of these units. We also identify and discuss the different means by which a user might interact with the content to create novel and engaging experiences. The Scene-Driver model has been instantiated using content from an animated children's television series called Tiny Planets, which is aimed at children of 5-7 years old. This type of material, being story-based itself, lends itself particularly well to the application of narrative constraints to scene reordering, to provide coherence to the experience of interacting with the content.We propose an interactive narrative-driven game architecture, in which a user generates novel narratives from existing content by placing "domino" like tiles. These tiles act as "glue" between scenes and each tile-choice dictates certain properties of the next scene to be shown within a game. There are three different game-types, based on three different ways in which tiles can be matched to scenes. We introduce algorithms for generating legal tile-sets for each of these three game-types, which can be extended to include narrative constraints. This ensures that all novel orderings adhere to a minimum narrative plan, which has been identified based on analysis of the Tiny Planets series and on narrative theories. We also suggest ways in which basic narratives can be enhanced by the inclusion of directorial techniques and by the use of more complex plot structures. In our evaluation studies with children in the target age-range, our game compared favourably with other games that the children enjoyed playing.

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“…The Senseboard by Jacob et al [25] contains both generic symbolic tools and generic symbolic tokens. The tokens are fridge magnet-like blocks that can be linked to one conference paper on the Senseboard; the tools can be used to execute commands on the tokens, such as "copy" or "link".…”

Section: Graspable User Interface Category Extensionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For example, blocks can be used as tools to control specific PC-functions, such as Lego-like Blocks [4], Navigational Blocks [6], Bricks [11], BuildIt [12], Senseboard [25], ActiveCube [26], SenseTable [31], DataTiles [34], Task Blocks [38], metaDESK [40], Urp [46] and FRIDGE [47]. Besides for tools generic Graspable-UI blocks can also be used as tokens that contain information or files, such as infoStick [27], MediaBlocks [43], WWICE-tokens [35] and WebStickers [28].…”

Section: Generic Graspable User Interfacesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Tangible Computing in Everyday Life: Extending Current Frameworks for Tangible User Interfaces with Personal Objects

Hoven

Eggen

2004

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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Abstract. This paper describes an extension to Ullmer and Ishii's TUIcategorization [41]. The reason for adding new categories is based on their omission of their associative TUIs and our work in this area of personal objects. The benefit of using personal objects instead of generic objects is that in the first instance users already have mental models or personal links between experiences, the related media and these objects. In addition, a Graspable or Tangible User Interface with personal objects can support existing media systems, instead of designing new ones that have to be learned by users.

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A tangible interface for organizing information using a grid

Cited by 71 publications

References 17 publications

Physical Avatars in a Projector-Camera Tangible User Interface Enhance Quantitative Simulation Analysis and Engagement

Physical Avatars in a Projector-Camera Tangible User Interface Enhance Quantitative Simulation Analysis and Engagement

Re-using digital narrative content in interactive games

Tangible Computing in Everyday Life: Extending Current Frameworks for Tangible User Interfaces with Personal Objects

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