Multi-user interactions on a graphical surface

sarah — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 02:37:30 +0000

Jeff Han is a researcher /consultant working in Dept. Computer Science in New York University. Han is working with amazing touch-screen technology, one can use multiple fingers to manipulate the images on screen in a number of different ways. He and his crew have developed: “Bi-manual, multi-point, and multi-user interactions on a graphical interaction surface.”

Multi-Touch Interaction Research Great video clips.
Han is also working on autonomous robot navigation and has a few interactive art works to his credit. Jeff Han.

Media Mirror

Spirograph

sarah — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 04:32:18 +0000

This weekend i bought my daughter a Spirograph kit. What a fabulous toy!
It got me thinking about trying to create an exact replica of the tools required and how one might interact with
these tools via the digital realm. Because of the mathematical exactitude i was sure a scientific / mathematical
system could be devised that would assist in the development of these exquisite patterns. But how would users generate them.
If the user relied on a keypad and pen tool restricted (or not restricted but served by) exact templates then how could the user create a unique pattern? Is choosing a colour and template size enough to feel truely involved in the process of creation?

Of course i found some interesting examples of the spirograph already well established in the digital realm.

spirograph

Created by Anu
Garg.

Sarah Moss

Multi-user interactions on a graphical surface

Spirograph