Hello everyone, my name is Zeyu from the department of Computer Science
at University of Maryland.
Today, we're presenting our late breaking work
towards on the wall tangible interaction
using walls as interactive
dynamic and responsive user interface
So why walls
Indeed the walls are ubiquitous in indoor areas
But they are mostly used for structural foundations or used for hiding infrastructures
Maybe the other usage is as substrates for daily essentials like
lights, switches and TVs, but we haven't been using them for interactivities
However we find that the walls are actually providing good opportunities to build TUIs on them
Firstly we have large unused area to work with, especially the higher up ones
Secondly, they are providing unique interaction channels that doesn't interfere with people's current activities indoor
And thirdly as mentioned there a lot of fixtures on them
If we manage to mobilize them we can already create a new way of interacting with those surfaces
And lastly we are not the first ones to work on the TUIs
There are a lot of excellent previous efforts that we can integrate on to the walls
that can also create really fruitful interactivities
We would like to share our vision of the ultimate on the wall interaction
and how they can benefit our lives
imagining if the technology is fully developed and mature
For example, a mobilized storage space
that utilized the higher up areas without the users going up to them
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