Interactive Walls

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Interactive Walls
De Almeida Pedro pedro.dealmeida_at_unifr.ch
Collaborative Tangible Interfaces 24th march 06
University of Fribourg Department of Informatics
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Table of contents

• Introduction
• Motivations
• Challenges
• Actual Applications
• Conclusion

• Introduction
• Motivations
• Challenges
• Actual Applications
• Conclusion

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Introduction

• Introduction
• Motivations
• Challenges
• Actual Applications
• Conclusion

• Actually
• Teamwork collaboration with dedicated computer
  systems.
• New approach
•  Face-to-face  collaboration
• Collaborative environments
• Traditional media and forms of interaction

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Introduction

• Introduction
• Motivations
• Challenges
• Actual Applications
• Conclusion

• Definition of interactive walls
• Very large, high resolution screen
• May be touch-sensitive
• Collaborative tool
• Interaction space from desktop to wall

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Motivations

• Introduction
• Motivations
• Challenges
• Actual Applications
• Conclusion

• Large size
• Larger field of view
• Lifelike size display
• Shared view

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Motivations

• Introduction
• Motivations
• Challenges
• Actual Applications
• Conclusion

• High resolution
• Large amounts of accessible information
• Fine-grained screen
• Small elements perfectly displayed
• Indepent from user view point

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Motivations

• Introduction
• Motivations
• Challenges
• Actual Applications
• Conclusion

• Touch-sensitive
• Preferred input mode in collaboration
• No special tools or skills
• Simultaneous touch inputs
• Natural participation

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Motivations

• Introduction
• Motivations
• Challenges
• Actual Applications
• Conclusion

• Multi-user
• Simultaneous user participation
• Large motions of hands or arms
• Engaged and motivated collaboration

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Challenges

• Introduction
• Motivations
• Challenges
• Actual Applications
• Conclusion

• Interaction
• User aware of wall interaction?
• Intuitive learning of action execution?
• User expectations fulfilled?

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Challenges

• Introduction
• Motivations
• Challenges
• Actual Applications
• Conclusion

• Field of View
• User position relevant?
• How to represent information?
• Up to date with environment evolution?

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Actual applications

• Introduction
• Motivations
• Challenges
• Actual Applications
• Conclusion

• The Designers Outpost
• Tangible Interface for Collaborative Web Site
  Design
• Combines the use of paper and a large physical
  workspace
• Electronic media support
• http//guir.berkeley.edu/projects/outpost/

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Actual applications

• Introduction
• Motivations
• Challenges
• Actual Applications
• Conclusion

• Accenture walls
• Scalable architecture
• Very high resolution
• Entertainment and business dedicated
• http//wall.accenture.com/

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Actual applications

• Introduction
• Motivations
• Challenges
• Actual Applications
• Conclusion

• The Onomy Interactive Digital Wall
• Amounts of the most complex information
• Dynamic timelines and interactive histories
• http//www.onomy.com/blue/wall.html

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Conclusion

• Introduction
• Motivations
• Challenges
• Actual Applications
• Conclusion

• Collaboration turns into engaged participation
• Information contribution and sharing
• Humanlike manners and proportions
• Replace actual collaboration tools?

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Questions?

• Introduction
• Motivations
• Challenges
• Actual Applications
• Conclusion

• References
• Peter Tandler, Carsten Magerkurth, Dr. Sheelagh
  Carpendale, Dr. Kori Inkpen, Stacey Scott
  UbiComp 2002 Workshop onCollaboration with
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  conference, GÖTEBORG, SWEDEN.
• Kelly Dempski, Brandon Harvey Touchable
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  Entertainment Computing, Kwansei Gakuin
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• Kelly Dempski, Brandon Harvey Natural Support
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