Proceeding of the past Conferences /

New Computer Science Generation 2020

Transferring Information Between Connected Horizontal and Vertical Interactive Surfaces

Part of the New Music Concepts and Computer Science Generation book series (CSG volume 7)
ISBN: 978-88-944350-3-0

Author(s): Risa Otsuki, Kaori Fujinami

Abstract: Typical desktop workspace can be broadly divided into horizontal and vertical areas, and some applications are suitable for each area. However, a common problem is the fact that in the desktop space that handles digital information, the workspace switching method is more troublesome compared with the realworld scenario. In this paper, the display contents on the horizontal and vertical surfaces are connected like a single display to realize an intuitive and flexible digital desktop workspace that fits into the real world. Users can easily move the displayed information from one surface to another by dragging via touch input. The proposed system was employed in a user experiment to investigate the performance and impression of information movement by dragging.

Keywords: Dragging, Horizontal and vertical surface, Tabletop workspace, Tangible user interface