The goal of this Ph.D. project is the development and evaluation of novel interaction techniques by using spatially aware mobile displays (Tangible Displays) – usually within the environment of a larger stationary display such as an interactive tabletop. Besides the development of a technical basis (hard- and software framework), a vital scientific goal is the examination of the interplay between different interaction modalities (e.g., spatial location of displays, multitouch, digital pens, head location) for a more natural and intuitive interaction. For questions and comments, please contact Martin Spindler.
Sub Projects
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Tangible Windows for 3D Information Spaces
Tangible Windows allow for performing common 3D interaction tasks in a more accessible manner by combining principles of tangible interaction, head-coupled perspective, and multitouch techniques. They either act as physical peepholes into a virtual 3D world or as physical containers for parts of that world. more information
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Tangible User Interface Palettes
To bring back the physical affordances of a painter’s palette to graphics editors, we propose to augment a tabletop with handheld displays. We introduce the concept of spatial Work Zones that take up distinct 3D regions above the table surface and serve as physical containers for digital content. This provides quick access to tools and parts of the graphics document that are instantly functional, i.e., ready to be used by a digital pen. more information
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Tangible Views for Information Visualization
We contribute to the seamless integration of interaction and display devices and introduce novel ways of visualizing and directly interacting with information. Rather than restricting the interaction to the display surface alone, we explicitly use the physical three-dimensional space above it for natural interaction with multiple displays. more information
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This project explores novel interaction techniques that are based on spatially aware tangible displays (Magic Lenses) in multi display environments. The height above a reference surface (e.g. tabletop) is used to better explore complex information spaces. more information
Videos
Publications
@article{,
author = {Martin Spindler and Wolfgang B\"{u}schel and Charlotte Winkler and Raimund Dachselt},
title = {Tangible displays for the masses: spatial interaction with handheld displays by using consumer depth cameras},
booktitle = {Personal and Ubiquitous Computing},
volume = {18 (5)},
year = {2014},
month = {6},
isbn = {1617-4909},
pages = {1213--1225},
numpages = {13},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00779-013-0730-7},
publisher = {Springer London},
keywords = {Tangible magic lenses, PaperLens, Tangible display ecosystem, Spatial interaction, Multi-display environment, Interaction above the tabletop, Kinect}
}@inproceedings{spindler-2014-chi,
author = {Martin Spindler and Martin Schuessler and Marcel Martsch and Raimund Dachselt},
title = {Pinch-Drag-Flick vs. Spatial Input: Rethinking Zoom \&\#038; Pan on Mobile Displays},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems},
series = {CHI '14},
year = {2014},
month = {4},
isbn = {978-1-4503-2473-1},
location = {Toronto, Canada},
pages = {1113--1122},
numpages = {10},
url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2556288.2557028},
publisher = {ACM},
address = {New York, NY, USA},
keywords = {mobile displays, multi-touch input, spatial input, spatially aware displays, user study}
}
@inproceedings{SSM-CHI-14,
author = {Martin Spindler and Martin Schuessler and Marcel Martsch and Raimund Dachselt},
title = {Move Your Phone: Spatial Input-based Document Zoom \&\#038; Pan on Mobile Displays Revisited},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Extended Abstracts},
year = {2014},
month = {4},
isbn = {978-1-4503-2474-8},
location = {Toronto, Canada},
pages = {515--518},
url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2559206.2574777},
publisher = {ACM},
address = {New York, NY, USA},
keywords = {2d document navigation, mobile displays, pinch-drag-flick, spatial input, spatially aware displays}
}@inproceedings{2013_spindler_TUIP,
author = {Martin Spindler and Victor Cheung and Raimund Dachselt},
title = {Dynamic Tangible User Interface Palettes.},
booktitle = {Proceedings of INTERACT 2013},
year = {2013},
month = {9},
location = {Cape Town, South Africa},
pages = {159--176},
numpages = {18}
}
@inproceedings{spindler:2012:tangibleWindows,
author = {Martin Spindler and Wolfgang B\"{u}schel and Raimund Dachselt},
title = {Use Your Head: Tangible Windows for 3D Information Spaces in a Tabletop Environment},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2012 ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces},
year = {2012},
month = {11},
isbn = {978-1-4503-1209-7},
location = {Cambridge, MA, USA},
pages = {245--254},
numpages = {10},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2396636.2396674},
acmid = {2396674},
publisher = {ACM},
address = {New York, NY, USA},
keywords = {3d interaction, fish tank virtual reality, head interaction, head tracking, head-coupled perspective, magic lenses, multi-surface user interfaces, multiple views, tabletop displays, tangible windows}
}@inproceedings{spindler:2012:doctoralSymposium,
author = {Martin Spindler},
title = {Spatially Aware Tangible Display Interaction in a Tabletop Environment},
booktitle = {Doctoral Symposium of the 2012 ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces},
year = {2012},
month = {11},
location = {Cambridge, MA, USA},
pages = {277--282},
numpages = {6},
publisher = {ACM},
address = {New York, NY, USA},
keywords = {tangible magic lenses, PaperLens, digital tabletops, mobile displays, tangible interaction, user interfaces}
}@article{spindler:2012:i-com:magische_dimension,
author = {Martin Spindler and Raimund Dachselt},
title = {Die Magische Dimension: Be-Greifbare Interaktion auf und \"{u}ber Tabletops},
booktitle = {i-com: Zeitschrift f\"{u}r interaktive und kooperative Medien},
volume = {11(2)},
year = {2012},
month = {8},
pages = {5--11},
numpages = {7},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1524/icom.2012.0019},
publisher = {Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag GmbH},
keywords = {tangible Interaction, PaperLens, mobile displays, multitouch, stifteingabe}
}@inproceedings{spindler:2012:doktorandentag,
author = {Martin Spindler},
title = {Be-greifbare Magische Linsen auf \&\#038; \"{u}ber Tabletops},
booktitle = {Proceedings of Doktorandentagung Magdeburger-Informatik-Tagung (MIT)},
year = {2012},
month = {7},
location = {Magdeburg},
pages = {67--74},
numpages = {8},
publisher = {Otto-von-Guericke Universit\"{a}t},
address = {Magdeburg, Germany},
keywords = {Tangible Interaction, PaperLens, mobile Displays, Multitouch, Stifteingabe, Gesten, 3D-Interaktion, Kollaboration}
}@inproceedings{spindler:2012:avi:towards_tangible_displays,
author = {Martin Spindler and Wolfgang B\"{u}schel and Raimund Dachselt},
title = {Towards Spatially Aware Tangible Displays for the Masses},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2012 AVI Workshop on Designing Collaborative Interactive Spaces for e-Creativity, e-Science and e-Learning},
year = {2012},
month = {5},
location = {Capri, Italien},
numpages = {4},
keywords = {tangible magic lenses, PaperLens, low-cost system, spatial interaction, Kinect}
}
@inproceedings{spindler-2012-CHI,
author = {Martin Spindler and Marcel Martsch and Raimund Dachselt},
title = {Going Beyond the Surface: Studying Multi-Layer Interaction Above the Tabletop},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems},
year = {2012},
month = {5},
isbn = { 978-1-4503-1015-4},
location = {Austin, TX, USA},
pages = {1277--1286},
numpages = {10},
publisher = {ACM}
}@misc{,
author = {Christian Tominski and Heidrun Schumann and Martin Spindler and Raimund Dachselt},
title = {Towards Utilizing Novel Interactive Displays for Information Visualization},
booktitle = {Dexis 2011 - Workshop on Data Exploration for Interactive Surfaces at ITS '11},
series = {ITS '11},
year = {2011},
month = {11},
location = {Kobe, Japan},
numpages = {2}
}@inproceedings{,
author = {Martin Spindler and Michel Hauschild and Raimund Dachselt},
title = {Towards Making Graphical User Interfaces Tangible},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces 2010},
series = {ITS '10},
year = {2010},
month = {11},
isbn = {978-1-4503-0399-6},
location = {Saarbr\"{u}cken, Germany},
pages = {291--292},
numpages = {2},
url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1936652.1936721},
acmid = {1936721},
publisher = {ACM},
address = {New York, NY, USA},
keywords = {digital paper, multi-surface UI, tangible UI}
}@inproceedings{,
author = {Martin Spindler and Christian Tominski and Heidrun Schumann and Raimund Dachselt},
title = {Tangible Views for Information Visualization},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces 2010},
series = {ITS '10},
year = {2010},
month = {11},
isbn = {978-1-4503-0399-6},
location = {Saarbr\"{u}cken, Germany},
pages = {157--166},
numpages = {10},
url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1936652.1936684},
acmid = {1936684},
publisher = {ACM},
address = {New York, NY, USA},
keywords = {focus + context techniques, interaction techniques, magic lenses, multi-surface user interfaces, multiple views, tabletop displays, tangible views}
}@inproceedings{,
author = {Martin Spindler and Christian Tominski and Michel Hauschild and Heidrun Schumann and Raimund Dachselt},
title = {Novel Uses for Tangible Displays above the Tabletop},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces 2010},
series = {ITS '10},
year = {2010},
month = {11},
isbn = {978-1-4503-0399-6},
pages = {315},
numpages = {3},
url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1936652.1936743},
acmid = {1936743},
publisher = {ACM},
address = {New York, NY, USA}
}@{,
author = {Martin Spindler and Christian Tominski and Heidrun Schumann and Raimund Dachselt},
title = {Towards Making InfoVis Views Tangible},
booktitle = {Conference USB Proceedings of IEEE Information Visualization Conference 2010},
series = {IEEE InfoVis 2010},
year = {2010},
month = {10},
location = {Salt Lake City, USA}
}
@inproceedings{,
author = {Martin Spindler and Raimund Dachselt},
title = {Exploring Information Spaces by Using Tangible Magic Lenses in a Tabletop Environment},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 28th of the International Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2010},
series = {CHI EA '10},
year = {2010},
month = {4},
location = {Atlanta, Georgia, USA},
pages = {4771--4776},
numpages = {6},
url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1753846.1754229},
acmid = {1754229},
publisher = {ACM},
keywords = {data exploration, interactive surface, ir-tracking, magic lens, natural interaction, paper display, passive display, tabletop, tangible interaction, volume slicing, window into virtuality}
}@inproceedings{,
author = {Martin Spindler and Jana Sieber and Raimund Dachselt},
title = {Using Spatially Aware Tangible Displays for Exploring Virtual Spaces},
booktitle = {Mensch und Computer 2009},
year = {2009},
month = {11},
isbn = {978-3-486-59222-1},
location = {Berlin, Germany},
pages = {253--262},
numpages = {10},
publisher = {Oldenbourg Publishing}
}
@inproceedings{,
author = {Martin Spindler and Raimund Dachselt},
title = {Towards Pen-based Annotation Techniques for Tangible Magic Lenses Above a Tabletop},
booktitle = {Accompanying DVD of the ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces 2009},
series = {ITS '09},
year = {2009},
month = {11},
location = {Banff, Alberta, Canada},
numpages = {2}
}@inproceedings{,
author = {Martin Spindler and Sophie Stellmach and Raimund Dachselt},
title = {PaperLens: Advanced Magic Lens Interaction Above the Tabletop},
booktitle = {Proceedings of ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces 2009},
series = {ITS '09},
year = {2009},
month = {11},
isbn = {978-1-60558-733-2},
location = {Banff, Alberta, Canada},
pages = {77--84},
numpages = {8},
url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1731903.1731920},
acmid = {1731920},
publisher = {ACM},
address = {New York, NY, USA},
keywords = {interaction techniques, multi-layer interaction, spatially aware displays, tangible interaction, three-dimensional space}
}@misc{,
author = {Martin Spindler and Raimund Dachselt},
title = {Advanced Magic Lens Interaction Above the Tabletop},
booktitle = {TechDemo at ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces 2009},
series = {ITS '09},
year = {2009},
month = {11},
location = {Banff, Alberta, Canada}
}
