Written by: David T Gallant, Andrew G Seniuk, and Roel Vertegaal
Comments: Aaron
Summary:
This paper presents a new type of input that deals with foldable and flexible paper that has infrared reflectors placed on it. There are many different inputs that this device could be used for, and each movement is tracked by a webcam that tracks the infrared movement with a ring of infrared LEDs around the lens. This device acts like a mouse and the deformation of the paper is what describes each input that can be conducted. The computer that is tracking this device is using OpenCV, OpenGL, and a C++ program in order to have real-time deformation available.
The above picture shows some of the different actions the paper could do in order to input something onto the computer. All of the motions correspond to a specific action that one would normally do with a mouse, but instead of having one form of input you now have multiple ones.Discussion:
I don't think I really find this to be very useful because it would take a very long time to remember each different motion that corresponds to what action I want to accomplish. I think that the public may shy away from this because it is not very intuitive and the simple ease of a mouse is turning into something that doesn't seem very easy at all.
This seemed like a lot of research into a idea that would never be used! Even though traditional keyboard and mouse interaction may not be the most intuitive and natural, sometimes exact intuitive interaction is the hardest to become an expert at.
ReplyDelete