1. PAD
Recent Developments and Future Work
Beat Signer
Global Information Systems Research Group
ETH Zurich
http://vub.academia.edu/BeatSigner
GlobIS Workshop, July 10, 2008
2. Outlook
Ongoing PAD projects
iServer, iPaper and iGesture developments
PAD events 2008
Future work
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3. PaperPoint v1.0 beta
New features
printing
recorder / player
multi-pen support
customisable handouts
presentation selector
installer
Various new users
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4. PaperPoint Prototype 1
Study (interviews), Elke
highlight / annotate
blank sheets
video controls
mobile system
orientation within slides
slide context (nearby slides)
Evaluation of prototype
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6. Interactive Table (iTable) …
Calibration
Multi-pen interactions
zooming
rotating
Java implementation of the TUIO protocol
based on OpenSound Control (OSC) protocol
two types of objects
- identifiable object
- cursor object
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7. Interactive Table (iTable) …
two types of messages sent over UDP
- set message
- alive message
Active components sending TUIO messages
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8. Interactive Table (iTable) …
New Anoto-based
interaction devices
student project
collaboration with inspire
Seamless transition between digital interactive table
space and paper documents
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9. Paper-based Semantic Desktop Interface
Collaboration with DFKI
Kaiserslautern
Paper interface for PIM
based on
Marcus Liwicki, Kinga Schumacher, Andreas Dengel, Nadir Weibel,
Beat Signer and Moira C. Norrie, Pen and Paper-based Interaction
with the Semantic Desktop, Proceedings of DAS 2008, 8th IAPR
International Workshop on Document Analysis Systems, Nara, Japan,
September 2008
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10. Paper-based Powerwall Interface
Facts
5.20 m x 2.5 m
8 beamers
4640 x 1920 pixels
soft-edge-blending
HCI Group University of Konstanz
Input devices
3D tracker, laser "pen", mouse
New paper-based interface (iPaper)
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11. PaperSketch
Integration of Skype and
paper-based remote
sketching, Hermann
Hofstetter
HCI Group University of
Konstanz, H. Reiterer
GlobIS group
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12. Interactive Web 2.0 Business Cards
contacts DB (Avon)
Student project, Katinka
Kromwijk
Autoring challenges
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13. Query by Sketching (QbS)
Pen-based sketching
interface
University of Basel
GlobIS group
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14. iPaper Developments
Java-based Bluetooth connection
Multi-pen support
Variable content elements
Printing
integration with 3rd party applications
black colour reduction
Authoring tool
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15. iServer / iPaper Authoring Tool
Design tool
Templates
Active components
Variable content elements
Pen-based authoring
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16. iGesture
Open Source
initial release in Feb 2007
>2600 downloads
Complete GUI redesign
Wii Remote contribution
New users
Allpen GmbH
…
http://www.igesture.org
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18. PAD Events 2008
Maturandentage
ETH Unterwegs
Informatica08, "Fit in It" roadshows
Treffpunkt Publishing, Berufsschule für
Gestaltung, Zurich
CHI Interactivity
Y-Toolbox, Workshop about Paper, Berne
University of Arts
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19. PAD Events 2008 …
Interactive Paper Seminar, DFKI
Jazoon
PaperProof
iGesture
Treffpunkt Publishing, Berne, August
Informatica08, “Tag der Informatik“, August
Maturandentage, September
Swiss Publishing Week, September
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20. Future Work
iServer
distribution / deployment
structural components
annotations
link sharing (peer-to-peer)
active components
alternative architectures
API refactoring
scalability
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