This is yet another idea with using tagged physical objects on Microsoft Multi-Touch Surface. One of the major advantages with tagged objects is the creation of customized gestures. We have been working on exploring gestures that relate to manipulation of chart-data. Problem: Sliders are an important tool in data visualization and when we have data …
Category Archive: Microsoft Surface
Jun
11
Finger-Tagging: A Faster Approach To Gesture Creation
The advent of object-tagging on the Microsoft Surface, has opened up new methods of interacting with the touch environments. Although the major limitation is the unavailability of requisite physical objects at the time of gesture creation. The gesture developer has to answer certain questions when he creates the gesture library for the user: 1) How …
Jun
03
On the use of physical objects with Multi-Touch
On my current intern at the University Of New Hampshire under my mentor Andrew Kun , my work focuses on understanding the intractability of multi-touch with multi-touch. One of ideas that have already been implemented has been using the I-Pod style control, more like a puck to control any slider control. Here is a video …
Jun
03
Integrating Matlab With The .NET Framework
With data crunching applications being developed for applications such as Geographical Information Systems for Interactive Oil-Spill Surveys such as one used by Environmental Response Management Application® (ERMA) etc. the integration of the .NET framework with the Matlab environment becomes a necessity. This is a short tutorial on setting up your .NET for interaction with Matlab. …
Aug
13
Picture Sharing with the Microsoft Surface
Imagine spending your vacation in the Swiss Alps. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could share these pictures among your friends in a easy and cool way? Imagine a big touch table where you can show around your pictures, manipulate, zoom them and pass them on to other users. Well, this has now become possible …
Nov
12
The Microsoft Surface Has Arrived
A few days ago a new Microsoft Surface arrived to our labs. It is a great tool for user interaction studies. It’s surface material has a very pleasant non-stickiy textured feel to it. Touch interactions on the Surface are recognized by multiple underlying infra-red cameras and transformed into user actions. The image is rendered by …