Pen and paper techniques for physical customisation of tabletop interfaces

TY - GEN

T1 - Pen and paper techniques for physical customisation of tabletop interfaces

AU - Block, Florian

AU - Gutwin, Carl

AU - Haller, Michael

AU - Gellersen, Hans

AU - Billinghurst, Mark

PY - 2008

Y1 - 2008

N2 - An advantage of physical interfaces over graphical widgets is that they bring controls closer to hand. VoodooSketch is a system that supports dynamic customisation of tabletop interfaces with physical controls that users can arrange on palettes. The system employs pen and paper techniques to achieve two novel capabilities: first, users are able to sketch controls that are immediately operational for pen interaction; second, users can label the controls with a handwritten name that identifies their function and binds the control to an application. This paper presents the results of an empirical evaluation of the VoodooSketch interface custom isation techniques. The main findings of the study are: that users are able to easily create sketched controls; that they can use them as effectively as traditional input devices; that handwritten labelling is more efficient for control mapping than conventional screen-based methods; and that the sketched controls improve user performance and reduce error rates.

AB - An advantage of physical interfaces over graphical widgets is that they bring controls closer to hand. VoodooSketch is a system that supports dynamic customisation of tabletop interfaces with physical controls that users can arrange on palettes. The system employs pen and paper techniques to achieve two novel capabilities: first, users are able to sketch controls that are immediately operational for pen interaction; second, users can label the controls with a handwritten name that identifies their function and binds the control to an application. This paper presents the results of an empirical evaluation of the VoodooSketch interface custom isation techniques. The main findings of the study are: that users are able to easily create sketched controls; that they can use them as effectively as traditional input devices; that handwritten labelling is more efficient for control mapping than conventional screen-based methods; and that the sketched controls improve user performance and reduce error rates.

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U2 - 10.1109/TABLETOP.2008.4660178

DO - 10.1109/TABLETOP.2008.4660178

M3 - Conference contribution

AN - SCOPUS:57749173140

SN - 9781424428984

SP - 17

EP - 24

BT - 2008 IEEE International Workshop on Horizontal Interactive Human Computer System, TABLETOP 2008

T2 - 2008 IEEE International Workshop on Horizontal Interactive Human Computer System, TABLETOP 2008

Y2 - 1 October 2008 through 3 October 2008

ER -