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FlexiKnobs: bridging the gap between mouse interaction and hardware controllers

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Kristian Gohlke,

Michael Hlatky,

Sebastian Heise,

Jörn LoviscachAuthors Info & Claims

TEI '10: Proceedings of the fourth international conference on Tangible, embedded, and embodied interaction

Pages 241 - 244

https://doi.org/10.1145/1709886.1709934

Published: 24 January 2010 Publication History

Abstract

Parameters in audio or video editing applications can mostly be controlled by a variety of hardware devices such as MIDI controllers. These, however, usually feature only a limited number of physical knobs arranged in a fixed layout. The hundreds of parameters offered by typical editing software across dozens of windows with distinct arrangements of on-screen controls are hard to map to such a fixed physical interface. To improve this, we have built a set of wireless, mouse-like devices enhanced with rotary controllers aiming at integrating the flexibility and transparency of mouse interaction with the benefits of physical controllers. Our software enables the simultaneous use of several of these knobs with a large variety of standard software.

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FlexiKnobs: bridging the gap between mouse interaction and hardware controllers
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction devices
      1. Touch screens

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TEI '10: Proceedings of the fourth international conference on Tangible, embedded, and embodied interaction

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ISBN:9781605588414

DOI:10.1145/1709886

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MIT Media Lab
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MIT Media Lab, Oblong Industries
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MIT Media Lab
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Tufts University
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MIT Media Lab
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IT University of Copenhagen
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Wellesley College
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Simon Fraser University

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Domova VRalph MVartiainen EMuñoz AHenriksson ATimsjö S(2017)Re-Introducing Physical User Interfaces into Industrial Control RoomsProceedings of the European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics10.1145/3121283.3121295(162-168)Online publication date: 19-Sep-2017
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3121283.3121295
Yu NTsai SHsiao ITsai DLee MChen MHung YPierce JAgrawala MKlemmer S(2011)Clip-on gadgetsProceedings of the 24th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology10.1145/2047196.2047243(367-372)Online publication date: 16-Oct-2011
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2047196.2047243

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