The Continuous Interaction Space:  Integrating Gestures Above a Surface with Direct Touch

Marquardt, Nicolai; Jota, Ricardo; Greenberg, Saul; Jorge, Joaquim A.

The Continuous Interaction Space: Integrating Gestures Above a Surface with Direct Touch

dc.contributor.author	Marquardt, Nicolai	eng
dc.contributor.author	Jota, Ricardo	eng
dc.contributor.author	Greenberg, Saul	eng
dc.contributor.author	Jorge, Joaquim A.	eng
dc.date.accessioned	2009-04-29T19:57:06Z
dc.date.available	2009-04-29T19:57:06Z
dc.date.issued	2009-04-29T19:57:06Z
dc.description.abstract	The advent of touch-sensitive and camera-based digital surfaces has spawned considerable development in two types of hand-based interaction techniques. In particular, people can interact: 1) directly on the surface via direct touch, or 2) above the surface via hand motions. While both types have value on their own, we believe much more potent interactions are achievable by unifying interaction techniques across this space. That is, the underlying system should treat this space as a continuum, where a person can naturally move from gestures over the surface to touches directly on it and back again. We illustrate by example, where we unify actions such as selecting, grabbing, moving, reaching, and lifting across this continuum of space.	eng
dc.description.refereed	No	eng
dc.identifier.department	2009-925-04	eng
dc.identifier.doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/30775
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1880/47104
dc.language.iso	eng	eng
dc.publisher.corporate	University of Calgary	eng
dc.publisher.faculty	Science	eng
dc.subject	surfaces	eng
dc.subject	touch	eng
dc.subject	gestures	eng
dc.subject	proximity	eng
dc.subject.other	Graphical user interfaces, design, human Factors	eng
dc.title	The Continuous Interaction Space: Integrating Gestures Above a Surface with Direct Touch	eng
dc.type	technical report	eng
thesis.degree.discipline	Computer Science	eng