Ambient surface

Abstract

Figure 1: Sample application scenarios with Ambient Surface. (a) Home expansion: interacting with multiple home screen pages at once on the surface. (b) Street view mapping: showing a 3D street view for the position and orientation of the smartphone with respect to the expanded map. (c) Dynamic advertisement: making a static book advertisement into a dynamic one. (d) Wish-list: putting desired items shown in a paper magazine into the wish list on the smartphone placed on the magazine. ABSTRACTWe introduce Ambient Surface, an interactive surrounded equipment for enhancing interface capabilities of mobile devices placed on an ordinary surface. Object information and a user's interaction are captured by 2D/3D cameras, and appropriate feedback images are projected on the surface. By the help of the ambient system, we may not only provide a wider screen for mobile devices with a limited screen size, but also allow analog objects to dynamically interact with users. We believe that this demo will help interaction designers to draw new inspiration of utilizing mobile objects with ambient environment.