Open Media Center: dall'entertainment all'home automation & MultiTouch, superfici interattive e tangible user interfaces

2008-04-24Sardegna Ricerche, Edificio 2, Località Piscinamanna 09010 Pula (CA) - ItaliaMeeting di kick-off del Progetto Cluster Media center aperto: dall'entertainment all'home automation & MultiTouch, superfici interattive e tangible use

Design of a touch-sensing gui for the control of a scanning electron microscope

This paper presents the evaluation study of a touch-sensing GUI implementation used to control a scientific instrument, that is a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM). Touch-sensing is a solid and well-known technology that replaces the mouse with finger-touch computing and guarantees a level of interaction and precision similar to many analog devices. The idea is to bring our expertise in controlling SEM devices within this field, trying to find and testing a new control alternative. The presented technology is independent from the support used for touch-sensing.</p

Multitouch sensing for collaborative interactive walls

In this paper we explain the design of t-Frame, a hardware/software architecture that allows the implementation of multiuser interactive wall. t-Frame brings multi-touch sensing to a generic display by means of low cost digital video cameras. The design of t-Frame is illustrated in detail, together with a prototype installation. We show how t-Frame differs from other approaches and discuss our findings, together with a plan of future research and improvements.</p