Ubiquitous virtual tools: Providing ad-hoc multitouch interaction on nearby surfaces

无处不在的虚拟工具：在附近的表面上提供临时多点触控交互

• 批准号: 402278-2011
• 负责人: Hancock, Mark
• 金额: $ 1.82万
• 依托单位: University of Waterloo
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2015-01-01 至 2016-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=573228
• 关键词: Ubiquitous; virtual; tools; Providing; ad

There has been a recent surge in research prototypes and commercial products (e.g., smartphones, tablets, video game consoles) that enable people to interact with information using their fingers, hands, arms, and whole bodies. Pocket-sized handheld projectors have also recently become available, leading to the possibility that any surface in one's vicinity can be transformed into a digital display that can also sense touch. The same technologies that allow a person to use their fingers to make gestures typically require that the information be controlled on a flat, rigid, clean surface. However, our everyday environments are typically far messier. For example, tables in our environment are typically filled with paper, books, coffee mugs, and other artefacts. If a person were to project digital information within and around this mess, it is not clear how they could interact in this environment. My proposed research explores how a person can repurpose any nearby surface into a digital interactive touch display. First, I will develop the necessary hardware to build working prototypes of systems that display and sense information everywhere in our surroundings, and software toolkits for accessing this information. Second, I will design, implement, and evaluate interaction techniques that allow people to fold, bend, and otherwise manipulate digital information on these ad-hoc displays. Third, I will use this technology to perform studies about people's perception of the virtual information in these non-flat, messy environments, and use the results of these studies to inform improved designs of these interaction techniques. This program is critical to near-future computing. As multitouch displays become ubiquitous in our everyday environments, a key issue will be how to make the information they display interactive and meaningful.

最近，研究原型和商业产品（如智能手机、平板电脑、视频游戏机）的数量激增，这些产品使人们能够用手指、手、手臂和整个身体与信息进行交互。口袋大小的手持投影仪最近也出现了，这使得人们附近的任何表面都有可能被转换成可以感应触摸的数字显示器。