A Mixed Reality Space for Tangible User Interaction
Proceedings of the GI Workshop on Virtual and Augmented Reality (GI VR/AR), page 25--36 - 2012
Recent developments in the field of semi-immersive display technologies provide new possibilities for engaging users in interactive three-dimensional virtual environments (VEs).
For instance, combining low-cost tracking systems (such as the Microsoft Kinect) and multi-touch interfaces enables inexpensive and easily maintainable interactive setups.
The goal of this work is to bring together virtual as well as real objects on a stereoscopic multi-touch enabled tabletop surface.
Therefore, we present a prototypical implementation of such a mixed reality (MR) space for tangible interaction by extending the smARTbox.
The smARTbox is a responsive touch-enabled stereoscopic out-of-the-box system that is able to track users and objects above as well as on the surface.
We describe the prototypical hard- and software setup which extends this setup to a MR space, and highlight design challenges for the several application examples.
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BibTex references
@InProceedings{FTCSWBPLS12, author = "Fischbach, Martin and Treffs, Christian and Cyborra, David and Strehler, Alexander and Wedler, Thomas and Bruder, Gerd and Pusch, Andreas and Latoschik, Marc E. and Steinicke, Frank", title = "A Mixed Reality Space for Tangible User Interaction", booktitle = "Proceedings of the GI Workshop on Virtual and Augmented Reality (GI VR/AR)", pages = "25--36", year = "2012", url = "http://basilic.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/Publications/2012/FTCSWBPLS12" }