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Hands-on interactive tabletop LEGO application

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Alfredo FerreiraAuthors Info & Claims

ACE '11: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology

Article No.: 19, Pages 1 - 8

https://doi.org/10.1145/2071423.2071447

Published: 08 November 2011 Publication History

Abstract

Presently, multi-touch interactive surfaces have widespread adoption as entertainment devices. Taking advantage of such devices, we present an interactive LEGO application, developed accordingly to an adaptation of building block metaphors and direct multi-touch manipulation. Our solution (LTouchIt) allows users to create 3D models on a tabletop surface. To prove the validity of our approach, we compared LTouchIt with two LEGO applications, conducting a user study with 20 participants. The results suggest that our touch-based application can compete with existing mouse-based applications. It provides users with a hands-on experience, which we believe to be more adequate for entertainment purposes.

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Index Terms

Hands-on interactive tabletop LEGO application
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction paradigms
      1. Graphical user interfaces
  2. Interaction design
    1. Interaction design process and methods
      1. User centered design

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ACE '11: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology

November 2011

562 pages

ISBN:9781450308274

DOI:10.1145/2071423

General Chairs:
Teresa Romão
FCT/UNL, Portugal
,
Nuno Correia
FCT/UNL, Portugal
,
Masahiko Inami
Keio University, Japan
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Organizing Chairs:
Eduardo Dias
FCT/UNL, Portugal
,
Teresa Chambel
FC/UL, Portugal
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Program Chairs:
Hirokasu Kato
Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
,
Rui Prada
Instituto Superior Técnico/UTL and INESC-ID, Portugal
,
Tsutomu Terada
Kobe University, Japan

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Rantamaa HKangas JJordan MMehtonen HMäkelä JRonkainen KTurunen MSundqvist OSyrjä IJärnstedt JRaisamo R(2022)Evaluation of virtual handles for dental implant manipulation in virtual reality implant planning procedureInternational Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery10.1007/s11548-022-02693-117:9(1723-1730)Online publication date: 22-Jun-2022
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