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Open Exhibits Bootcamp at Museums and the Web 2011
This afternoon Paul Lacey and I conducted the first-ever Open Exhibits bootcamp at Museums and the Web Conference in Philadelphia! We led a group through the basics on Open Exhibits. We discussed how the software works and we showed some examples using both multitouch screens and the Microsoft Kinect. We hope to hold similar workshops in the future. PDF versions of the slides and links from the workshop are included here.
Museums and the Web is an annual conference exploring the social, cultural, design, technological, economic, and organizational issues of culture, science and heritage on-line.Taking an international perspective, MW reviews and analyzes the issues and impacts of networked cultural, natural and scientific heritage – wherever the network may reach.
You can follow the Museums and the Web Online at: http://conference.archimuse.com/mw2011/mw2011_online_the_permanent_backchannel
on Apr 6, 2011 Multitouch and Multiuser Design - Museums and the Web 2011
This morning Paul Lacey and I led a half-day workshop at the Museums and the Web conference in Philadelphia. The session focused on multitouch and multiuser design in museums. We also explored various multitouch technology and conducted a brief design exercise. PDF versions of the slides and links from the workshop are included here.
Museums and the Web is an annual conference exploring the social, cultural, design, technological, economic, and organizational issues of culture, science and heritage on-line.Taking an international perspective, MW reviews and analyzes the issues and impacts of networked cultural, natural and scientific heritage – wherever the network may reach.
You can follow the Museums and the Web Online at: http://conference.archimuse.com/mw2011/mw2011_online_the_permanent_backchannel
multitouch-multiuserPart2.pdf (1.44MB) - Multitouch Multiuser Presentation Part 2multitouch-multiuserPart3.pdf (0.72MB) - Multitouch Multiuser Presentation Part 3(Please note that photo credits for the three PDFs are located on last slide of Part 3.)
on Apr 6, 2011 How to build an MT-50 multitouch table
The MT-50 multitouch table by Ideum
Designed for museums, research labs, and other demanding public environments, the MT-50 Multitouch Table, now discontinued, stood in a class of its own as the most durable and reliable multitouch table available. With 60+ points of input, a powerful computer, and true multiuser support, the MT-50 Table found its place on the floors of busy museums in North America and beyond.
We've already leaked details and hinted at the secret recipe that made the MT-50 a success. Now, on the heels of the release of our new multitouch tables, we have decided to "open source" the complete plans and parts list for the MT-50 table.
Countless hours of research and refinement have gone into producing the MT-50 table. This system is projection based, and uses optical multitouch technology to create interactivty. The components have been carefully sourced for optimum durability, performance, and longevity. However, the design is modular, so some of the parts and materials suggested can be substituted for less expensive, less rugged alternatives at your discretion.
We've taken great care to document every step and design detail in this PDF. It's our hope that ambitous museum staffers and DIY multitouch enthusiasts will benefit from this document and the research and engineering that made the MT-50 a multitouch workhorse.
You can download the complete parts list and DIY assembly instrcutions here:
Please comment on this post with any questions, or refer to the comment thread on Instructables.
on Apr 5, 2011 Google invites mail users to get a move on with new gesture-based email interface
http://mail.google.com/mail/help/motion.html
Its an April Fools' day joke, but conceptually interesting none-the less.
on Apr 1, 2011 Presentation Opportunity: 6th Annual ACM Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces
REPOST: CALL FOR PAPERS & NOTES
6th Annual ACM Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces 2011ITS November 13-16, 2011
Portopia Hotel, Kobe, Japan
http://its2011.jp/
The Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces 2011 Conference (ITS) is a premiere venue for presenting research in the design and use of new and emerging tabletop and interactive surface technologies. As a new community, we embrace the growth of the discipline in a wide variety of areas, including innovations in ITS hardware, software, design, and projects expanding our understanding of design considerations of ITS technologies and of their applications.
Building on their success in previous years, ITS again features Papers and Notes presentations, as well as tutorials, posters, and demonstrations tracks. For the second time, ITS 2011 will also include a doctoral symposium.
ITS 2011 will bring together top researchers and practitioners who are interested in both the technical and human aspects of ITS technology. On behalf of the conference organizing committee, we invite you to begin planning your submissions and participation for this year's conference!
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: PAPERS AND NOTES
The use of interactive surfaces is an exciting and emerging research area. Display technologies, such as projectors, LCD and OLED flat panels, and even flexible display substrates, coupled with input sensors capable of enabling direct interaction, make it reasonable to< envision a not-so-distant future in which many of the common surfaces in our environment will function as digital interactive displays. ITS brings together researchers and practitioners from a variety of backgrounds and interests, such as camera and projector based systems, new display technologies, multi-touch sensing, user interface technologies, augmented reality, computer vision, multimodal interaction, novel input and sensing technologies, computer supported cooperative work (CSCW), and information visualization.
The intimate size of this single-track symposium provides an ideal venue for leading researchers and practitioners to exchange research results and experiences. We encourage submissions on (but not limited to) the following topic areas as they relate to interactive tabletops and surfaces:
- Gesture-based interfaces
- Multi-modal interfaces
- Tangible interfaces
- Novel interaction techniques
- Data handling/exchange on large interactive surfaces
- Data presentation on large interactive surfaces
- Software engineering methods
- Computer supported collaborative work
- Middleware and network support
- Virtual reality and augmented reality
- Social protocols
- Information visualizations
- hardware, including sensing and input technologies with novel capabilities
- Human-centered design & methodologies
- Applications
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
Conference Co-Chairs
Jun Rekimoto, The University of Tokyo / SonyCSL, Japan
Hideki Koike, University of Electro-Communications, Japan
Kentaro Fukuchi, Meiji University, Japan
Program Co-Chairs
Yoshifumi Kitamura, Tohoku University, Japan
Daniel Wigdor, University of Toronto, Canada
SUBMISSIONS
Papers/Notes: We invite paper submissions of two kinds: Papers (10 pages) and Notes (4 pages). Papers must present original, highly innovative, prospective and forward-looking research, possibly in one or more of the themes given above. Notes must also report novel and complete research, but where the scope and scale of the contribution is more focused and succinct than papers. Submissions must be submitted as a single PDF file in the ACM format through the submission system. A template for submissions can be found on the ITS website ( http://its2011.jp/).
All accepted submissions will be presented at ITS 2011 and appear in the ITS digital proceedings and be archived in the ACM digital library.
IMPORTANT DATES
Paper/Note Submissions: June 30, 2011
Paper/Note Author Notifications: September 2, 2011
Paper/Note Camera-Ready Deadline: October 21, 2011
The calls for the posters, demos, tutorials, workshops and the doctoral symposium will be published soon, please check our website for further information.
Dr. Johannes Schöning
Innovative Retail Laboratory
DFKI GmbH, Campus D3_2
Stuhlsatzenhausweg 3
D-66123 Saarbruecken, Germany
www.innovative-retail.de
www.johannesschoening.de
schoening@dfki.de
on Apr 1, 2011 
