Annotating 3D electronic books

The importance of annotations, as a by-product of the reading activity, cannot be overstated. Annotations help users in the process of analyzing, re-reading, and recalling detailed facts such as prior analyses and relations to other works. As electronic reading become pervasive, digital annotations will become part of the essential records of the reading activity. But creating and rendering annotations on a 3D book and other objects in a 3D workspace is nontrivial. In this paper, we present our exploration of how to use 3D graphics techniques to create realistic annotations with acceptable frame rates. We discuss the pros and cons of several techniques and detail our hybrid solution. Author Keywords Annotation; 3D Book; Digital Library; User Interface. ACM Classification Keywords H.5.2 [Information Interfaces and Presentation]: User Interfaces--Graphical User Interfaces; I.7.4 [Document and Text Processing]: Electronic Publishing; H.5.4 [Information Interfaces and Presentation]: Hyper...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2005
• Where: CHI
• Authors: Lichan Hong, Ed Huai-hsin Chi, Stuart K. Card
• Keywords: Annotations Help Users, CHI 2005, Digital Annotations, Human Computer Interaction, Realistic Annotations