Buddy Bugs: A Physical User Interface for Windows Instant Messenger

McPhail, S. (2002)
Buddy Bugs: A Physical User Interface for Windows Instant Messenger. In Proceedings of Western Computer Graphics Symposium - Skigraph'02, March. Note that iLab-2002-1 video was aslo shown during the conference talk.

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Abstract

Buddy Bugs is a physical user interface to Windows Instant Messenger (IM), where people are represented by glass bugs on a leaf. A bug lights up and moves about depending on the status of the person it represents. Touching a bug initiates an instant messaging conversation. Buddy Bugs' basic ideas include: making status information of a few key people more readily available; using its physical form as a peripheral display that can be situated appropriately in the environment; and taking advantage of people's spatial memory by having contacts associated with bugs at particular positions on the leaf.

Bibtex entry

@INPROCEEDINGS { 2002-BuddyBugs.Skigraph,
CLASS = { NONREFARTICLE },
INDEPENDENT = { TRUE },
AUTHOR = { McPhail, S. },
TITLE = { Buddy Bugs: A Physical User Interface for Windows Instant Messenger },
BOOKTITLE = { Proceedings of Western Computer Graphics Symposium - Skigraph'02 },
YEAR = { 2002 },
MONTH = { March },
NOTE = { Note that iLab-2002-1 video was aslo shown during the conference talk },
}