Zusammenfassung
Zoombare Benutzerschnittstellen (ZUIs) sind in der Mensch-Computer Interaktion eine gereifte Idee. Dennoch konnte sich bislang kein “reines” ZUI als Oberflächenkonzept durchsetzen. Was sich aber beobachten lässt, ist die Tatsache, dass heutige Tablets und Touch Geräte im allgemeinen sehr viele Facetten von ZUIs aufgreifen und integrieren. In diesem Artikel präsentieren wir mit smartPerform ein zoombares Präsentationstoolkit, welches basierend auf den Forschungsarbeiten an der Universität Konstanz im Zusammenhang mit ZUIs kommerziell entwickelt wurde. Anhand von “bestpractice” Beispielen unserer Kunden zeigen wir das Potential von ZUIs im Zusammenhang mit interaktiven Oberflächen auf, insbesondere auch im Kontext von Distributed-Display Environments.
Summary
Zoomable User Interfaces (ZUIs) are a well-established idea for the design of human-computer interfaces. While the vision of a “true” ZUI in its stricter sense has not become reality yet, today’s tablets and touch devices feature many facets of zoomable user interfaces. In this article, we will present smartPerform, a zoomable presentation toolkit which has been commercially developed based on academic research on ZUIs at the University of Konstanz. By illustrating best practices from our customers, we will show that ZUIs are a particularly promising in combination with interactive surfaces and distributed display environments.
About the authors
Jens Gerken is the Prinicipal Consultant of ICT AG, focusing on concept and realization of interactive media installations in (semi-) public environments such as museums, corporate showrooms and trade shows. Since 2011 he holds a PhD in Information Science with focus on Human-Computer Interaction. His research focused on empirical research methods for HCI, new forms of interactive information visualization, as well as multi-touch, gestural or tangible input modalities.
Head of Products & Software Solutions / Business Unit Manager, is responsible for the strategic business and product development at ICT AG. Hereby, a major interest is in interactive hardware and software solutions enhancing live communication for B2B and B2C. His scientific research focused on the design and evaluation of novel input devices and interaction modalities for human-computer interaction. Werner did his Master’s degree in 2006 and his PhD in Computer Science in 2010 at the University of Konstanz.
Hans-Christian Jetter is a Research Associate at the Intel Collaborative Research Institute for Sustainable Connected Cities at University College London. He is working in human-computer interaction, collaborative information visualization, and urban computing with a focus on post- WIMP user interfaces, e.g., multi-user and multidevice environments with multi-touch, gestural, or tangible input. In 2009/10 Christian joined Microsoft Research Cambridge and the University of Cambridge to explore the use of tabletops and tablets in eScience and he returned for a research internship in 2011. Christian holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Information Engineering from the University of Konstanz, where he also did his PhD in Computer Science in Spring 2013.
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