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TEI
2009
ACM
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Articulating tangible interfaces
The majority of Tangible User Interfaces (TUIs) consist of rigid objects that are either held in the hands, or arranged relative to each other on a horizontal or vertical surface....
Alan F. Blackwell, Darren Edge
TEI
2009
ACM
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Living interfaces: the intimate door lock
In this paper we introduce a new way to interact intimately with an automated system. The Intimate Door Lock investigates the psychological effects of intimate humanhuman interact...
Miriam Roy, Fabian Hemmert, Reto Wettach
TEI
2009
ACM
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TinkerSheets: using paper forms to control and visualize tangible simulations
This paper describes TinkerSheets, a paper-based interface to tangible simulations. The proposed interface combines the advantages of form-based input and paper. Form-based input ...
Guillaume Zufferey, Patrick Jermann, Auréli...
TEI
2009
ACM
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A tangible construction kit for exploring graph theory
Graphs are a versatile representation of many systems in computer science, the social sciences, and mathematics, but graph theory is not taught in schools. We present our work on ...
Eric Schweikardt, Nwanua Elumeze, Michael Eisenber...
TEI
2009
ACM
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SLAPbook: tangible widgets on multi-touch tables in groupware environments
We present SLAPbook, an application using SLAP, translucent and tangible widgets for use on vision-based multi-touch tabletops in Single Display Groupware (SDG) environments. SLAP...
Malte Weiss, Julie Wagner, Roger Jennings, Yvonne ...
TEI
2009
ACM
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Comics, robots, fashion and programming: outlining the concept of actDresses
This paper concerns the design of physical languages for controlling and programming robotic consumer products. For this purpose we explore basic theories of semiotics represented...
Ylva Fernaeus, Mattias Jacobsson
TEI
2009
ACM
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Spatially aware handhelds for high-precision tangible interaction with large displays
While touch-screen displays are becoming increasingly popular, many factors affect user experience and performance. Surface quality, parallax, input resolution, and robustness, fo...
Alex Olwal, Steven Feiner
TEI
2009
ACM
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Easigami: a reconfigurable folded-sheet TUI
Easigami is a novel tangible user interface (TUI) and interactive system intended to help children to learn to fold 3D geometric forms and to explore 2D-3D transformations. We pre...
Yingdan Huang, Mark D. Gross, Ellen Yi-Luen Do, Mi...