Visualization of and Interaction with Digital Devices around Large Surfaces as a Function of Proximity

Ballendat, T. (2011)
Visualization of and Interaction with Digital Devices around Large Surfaces as a Function of Proximity. Master's thesis, Dept Institut fur Informatik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen, Munich, Germany, February. Supervisors: Nicolai Marquardt and Saul Greenberg, Professor in charge: Andreas Butz.

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Abstract

People increasingly use a variety of personal and shared electronic devices in everyday situations. Many of them are connected over a network, but still interacting in between them can be very tedious, as one has to know which devices can intercommunicate, how devices can be addressed, what information they contain and how information can be exchanged. Why could digital interaction not be as easy as physical interaction? Proxemic Interaction [1] is an approach that exploits spatial relationships to ubiquitous computing environments. In this work I employ and further explore this approach under the umbrella of information exchange between devices. I contribute concepts for inter-device proxemic interaction. These range from how proxemics can create awareness of other devices and their content to how information exchange can be facilitated and how interaction techniques can profit from knowledge about fine grained proxemic dimensions. I illustrate them with applications for small space digital environments that enable information exchange between different devices, such as digital cameras, large displays and personal tablet computers.

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@MASTERSTHESIS { 2011-Ballendat.DiplomeThesis,
CLASS = { THESIS },
AUTHOR = { Ballendat, T. },
TITLE = { Visualization of and Interaction with Digital Devices around Large Surfaces as a Function of Proximity },
SCHOOL = { Dept Institut fur Informatik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen },
ADDRESS = { Munich, Germany },
YEAR = { 2011 },
MONTH = { February },
NOTE = { Supervisors: Nicolai Marquardt and Saul Greenberg, Professor in charge: Andreas Butz },
}