Development of Organic User Interfaces for Three Dimensional Display Surfaces

我们研究的目标是通过开发不限于任何特定形状或形式的计算机的接口来创建用户和计算机之间的新通信技术。这些界面被称为有机用户界面(OUI)，直到最近才通过显示技术的进步而成为可能，例如新的柔性显示屏。我们的实验室在国际上处于计算机用户界面这一令人兴奋的新发展的前沿，对所需设备的需求对我们的使命至关重要。OUI将以基于形状的多点触摸输入为特色，这些输入操作在可以以任何三维(3D)形状或形式制造的环绕、薄膜、灵活的显示表面上操作。一些OUI将涉及投射到显示表面上的虚拟、曲线和灵活的3D设计。其他项目将涉及对塑料、纸板和纸质计算机的物理3D实现，这些计算机具有各种产品形状。

The goal of our research is to create new techniques of communication between users and computers through development of interfaces that are not restricted to computers of any particular shape or form. These interfaces, known as organic user interfaces (OUIs), have only recently been made possible through advances in display technologies, such as the new flexible display screens. Our lab is internationally at the forefront of this exciting new development in computer user interfaces, and the need for the requested equipment is critical to our mission. OUIs will feature shape-based, multi-touch inputs that operate on wrap-around, thin-film, flexible display surfaces that can be made in any three dimensional (3D) shape or form. Some OUIs will involve virtual, curved and flexible 3D designs projected onto display surfaces. Others will involve physical 3D implementations of plastic, cardboard and paper-like computers in all sorts of product shapes.