Tabletop interfaces for remote collaboration

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Description:	Rapid prototyping of high-resolution and remote table-top applications

Created:

2020-09-02 19:02

Collection:

Rainbow Graphics and Interaction Research Group

Publisher:

University of Cambridge

Peter Robinson

Language:

eng (English)

Keywords:

Table-top interfaces; Video user interfaces; Human-computer interaction;

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Reporter:

Philip Tuddenham


Abstract:	Multi-person tabletop applications that require a high display resolution, such as collaborative web-browsing, are currently difficult to create. Tabletop systems for remote collaboration are also hard to build. As a consequence, investigation of some potentially beneficial tabletop applications has been rather limited. T3 is a research-quality software toolkit that addresses these challenges. T3 enables researchers to create high-resolution multi-person tabletop applications rapidly for co-located or remote collaborators. It uses multiple tiled projectors to create a single seamless high-resolution tabletop display. Existing user interface components, including buttons and spreadsheets, can be used to create complex tabletop applications rapidly. Two tabletops can be connected together to support remote tabletop collaboration. This engineering is hidden behind a simple, flexible API.

Abstract:

Multi-person tabletop applications that require a high display resolution, such as collaborative web-browsing, are currently difficult to create. Tabletop systems for remote collaboration are also hard to build. As a consequence, investigation of some potentially beneficial tabletop applications has been rather limited.

T3 is a research-quality software toolkit that addresses these challenges. T3 enables researchers to create high-resolution multi-person tabletop applications rapidly for co-located or remote collaborators. It uses multiple tiled projectors to create a single seamless high-resolution tabletop display. Existing user interface components, including buttons and spreadsheets, can be used to create complex tabletop applications rapidly. Two tabletops can be connected together to support remote tabletop collaboration. This engineering is hidden behind a simple, flexible API.

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