Martin Kaltenbrunner, martin.kaltenbrunner[AT]ufg.ac.at
Interface Culture Lab, Sonnensteinstrasse 11-13
Interface Culture, Kunstuniversität Linz
Using the reacTIVision and TUIO framework, a flexible table-top TUI environment based on computer vision, students develop concepts for their own table-based tangible interface such as musical instruments, educational toys, design tools or other table based interactive interfaces based on object tracking and multi-touch interaction. Tangible User Interfaces allow the seemingless integration of the digital world into our everyday environment. The lecture will provide an overview on tangible interface concepts in general covering human computer interaction focusing on touch. We will also discuss various technologies and hardware design issues for this type of interfaces.
This workshop has a strong practical focus and extends over three compact modules. Students are encouraged to develop and work on their projects between classes, while the lectures will provide the general conceptual and technical framework of the workshop. Additional support will be available via e-mail during the whole semester.
| Fri 23.10. 15h00 - 16h20 | introduction & workshop planning [PDF], the reacTable [PDF] |
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| Fri 23.10. 16h30 - 18h00 | TUI definition & examples [PDF] |
| Fri 13.11. 11h00 - 12h20 | tangible interface concepts [PDF] |
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| Fri 13.11. 12h30 - 14h00 | hard & software installation, table construction [WEB] [PDF] [PDF] |
| Fri 13.11. 15h00 - 16h20 | building an example interface based on tangible multi-touch interaction. |
| Fri 13.11. 16h30 - 18h00 | project planning & instructions [PDF] |
| Tue 1.12. 15h00 - 16h20 | the basics of touch, multi-touch & tangible interaction [PDF] |
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| Tue 1.12. 16h30 - 18h00 | working the individual projects |
| Th 21.01. 10h30 - 12h00 | group presentations |
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- recipe table an installation that can retrieve and browse recipes by detecting the ingredients on its surface
- news machine an interactive news mixer, that allows the composition of headline phrases.
- turtan a tangible programming language based on Logo
- wave table a tangible sound editor
- Ullmer, B. & Ishii, H.: Emerging Frameworks for Tangible User Interfaces.
In: "Human Computer Interaction in the New Millenium", John M. Carnoll (Ed.), Addison-Wesley, August 2001 - Verplank, B.: Interaction Design Handbook, Frameworks for designing interactive products and systems
- Jordà, S. & Geiger, G. & Alonso, A. & Kaltenbrunner, M. The reacTable: Exploring the Synergy between Live Music Performance and Tabletop Tangible Interfaces, Proceedings of the first international conference on "Tangible and Embedded Interaction" (TEI07). Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
- Kaltenbrunner, M. & Jordà, S. & Geiger, G. & Alonso, M.: The reacTable: A Collaborative Musical Instrument, Proceedings of the Workshop on "Tangible Interaction in Collaborative Environments" (TICE), at the 15th International IEEE Workshops on Enabling Technologies (WETICE 2006). Manchester, (UK)
- Kaltenbrunner, M. & Bencina, R. reacTIVision: A Computer-Vision Framework for Table-Based Tangible Interaction, Proceedings of the first international conference on "Tangible and Embedded Interaction" (TEI07). Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
- NUI group: FTIR multi-touch display how-to guide
- tangint tangible user interface community WIKI
- NUI group Natural User Interface Community
- web-site on Tangible and Graspable Interfaces
- list of Tangible Musical Interfaces
- reacTIVision fiducial tracking software
- TUIO tracking & client software
- MIT media lab Tangible Media Group