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Vertibles: using vacuum self-adhesion to create a tangible user interface for arbitrary interactive surfaces

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Fabian Hennecke,

Raphael Wimmer,

Eduard Vodicka,

Andreas ButzAuthors Info & Claims

TEI '12: Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction

Pages 303 - 306

https://doi.org/10.1145/2148131.2148194

Published: 19 February 2012 Publication History

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We present Vertibles, a set of Tangible User Interface (TUI) objects employing a vacuum-based adhesion effect. This effect allows attaching them to arbitrarily inclined surfaces, bringing the benefit of TUIs to vertical interactive surfaces. In contrast to other vertically attachable TUIs, Vertibles stick to a wide range of surface materials and work with optical as well as electric object tracking techniques for interactive surfaces. We present an overview of approaches for sticking objects onto vertical surfaces, describe the technical principle and properties of our solution, and document implementation details of a number of Vertibles prototypes.

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Vertibles: using vacuum self-adhesion to create a tangible user interface for arbitrary interactive surfaces
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction devices
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TEI '12: Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction

February 2012

413 pages

ISBN:9781450311748

DOI:10.1145/2148131

Conference Chair:
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Queen's University, Canada
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University of Washington
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Swedish Institute of Computer Science, Sweden
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Carleton University, Canada
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Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain

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