From Centralized Interactive Tabletops to Distributed Surfaces: The Tangiget Concept

Abstract

After having outlined the uses of new technologies such as smartphones, touch-screen tablets, and laptops, this article presents the TangiSense interactive tabletop, equipped with RFID technology tagged on tangible objects, as a new paradigm of interaction for ambient intelligence. Within its framework, this article aims to distribute surfaces (tables) interacting mainly with tangible objects. Leads for interactive surface distribution such as interactive tables are given. The article proposes to describe some tangible objects, which are the interaction supports; these are called Tangigets. They are defined according to an augmented Presentation-Abstraction-Control structure to take the tangibility element into account. Six categories of Tangigets are also proposed, which are tangible objects, and the supports of distributed collaboration. To validate the Tangiget concept and its use on the TangiSense tabletop, illustrations in centralized and distributed configurations are proposed. A first evaluation is also presented. To conclude, the article presents the directions under consideration for our future research.

The Stroop and Reverse Stroop Effects as Measured by an Interactive Tabletop

“…TangiSence is equipped with Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID; Finkenzeller, 2003) which also permits tangible (Ishii, & Ullmer, 1997) objects detection (Lebrun, Adam, Mandiau, & Kolski, 2015;Baudisch, Becker, & Rudeck, 2010;Jordà, Geiger, Alonso, & Kaltenbrunner, 2007). We can also note that some new research aims to propose distributed interface using interactive tabletops (Jetter, Zöllner, Gerken, & Reiterer, 2012;Lepreux, Kubicki, Kolski, & Caelen, 2012;Kolski et al, 2014).Given the multidimensional aspects, concerns regarding interference are relevant, as perceptual and conceptual conflicts could impact user performance (Hapeshi & Jones, 1992).…”

Interactive Coupling of Process Models

“…The need to couple the different model parts, however, raises some challenges with regard to model consistency and user interaction. Distributed manipulation of models has been addressed regarding user interfaces design to support interaction across different devices [12] but not with a focus on distributing and coupling the manipulated content so far. The conceptual challenges are not limited to tangible tabletop systems but are equally existent in other modeling environments that distribute models across several digital or physical surfaces.…”

An Analytical Approach to Creating Multitouch Gesture Vocabularies in Mobile Devices: A Case Study for Mobile Web Browsing Gestures

“…NUIs are also expected to replace traditional interactions using the currently normal combination of windows, icons, menus, and pointing devices, because they provide users with a more realistic and pleasant experience than windows, icons, menus, and pointing devices. For example, users can directly manipulate objects with various hand motions instead of using a mouse button to select an icon or menu (Bjørneseth, Dunlop, & Hornecker, 2012;Jetter, Zöllner, Gerken, & Reiterer, 2012;Lepreux, Kubicki, Kolski, & Caelen, 2012;Radhakrishnan, Lin, Zeid, & Kamarthi, 2013;Villanueva, Tesoriero, & Lozano, 2012).…”