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Towards Multimodal 3D Tabletop Interaction Using Sensor Equipped Mobile Devices

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Mobile Computing, Applications, and Services (MobiCASE 2012)

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Interactive tabletops have been proven to be very suitable setups for collaborative work especially in combination with mobile devices. Further on, many application scenarios require the visualization of 3D data. Therefore we present multimodal 3D interaction techniques for tabletops that allow simultaneous control of six degrees of freedom using sensor equipped mobile devices. In two early user studies we compared multitouch, tangible interaction and sensor equipped smartphones in order to start a User Centered Design process. We got important results regarding effectiveness, intuitiveness and user experience. Most notably we figured out that mobile devices equipped with acceleration sensors are very suitable for 3D rotation tasks.

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Klompmaker, F., Nebe, K., Eschenlohr, J. (2013). Towards Multimodal 3D Tabletop Interaction Using Sensor Equipped Mobile Devices. In: Uhler, D., Mehta, K., Wong, J.L. (eds) Mobile Computing, Applications, and Services. MobiCASE 2012. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 110. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36632-1_6

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