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Under the table interaction

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Clifton Forlines,

Samuel Shipman,

Ravin Balakrishnan,

Chia ShenAuthors Info & Claims

UIST '06: Proceedings of the 19th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology

Pages 259 - 268

https://doi.org/10.1145/1166253.1166294

Published: 15 October 2006 Publication History

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We explore the design space of a two-sided interactive touch table, designed to receive touch input from both the top and bottom surfaces of the table. By combining two registered touch surfaces, we are able to offer a new dimension of input for co-located collaborative groupware. This design accomplishes the goal of increasing the relative size of the input area of a touch table while maintaining its direct-touch input paradigm. We describe the interaction properties of this two-sided touch table, report the results of a controlled experiment examining the precision of user touches to the underside of the table, and a series of application scenarios we developed for use on inverted and two-sided tables. Finally, we present a list of design recommendations based on our experiences and observations with inverted and two-sided tables.

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Under the table interaction
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction devices
      1. Touch screens
    2. Interaction paradigms

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DOI:10.1145/1166253

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