Paper Title: Imaginary Interfaces: Spatial Interaction with Empty Hands and without Visual Feedback
Paper Authors: Sean Gustafson, Daniel Bierwirth and Patrick Baudisch
Author Bios: Sean Gustafson is a PhD student at the Human-Computer Interaction Lab of the Hasso Plattner Institute in Potsdam, Germany and is supervised by Dr. Patrick Baudisch. His main research interests are in understanding the fundamentals of new interaction paradigms, particularly gestural and eyes-free use of portable technology.
Daniel Bierwirth worked on a variety of projects for software visualization and scientific visualization. Some of his past job positions were at startup companies such as Software Diagnostics GmbH and Dynardo GmbH.
Patrick Baudisch is a computer science professor at Hasso Plattner Institute Potsdam, Germany. He is also the chair of the Human Computer Interaction Lab at the institute. His research focuses on the miniaturization of mobile devices and touch input.
Summary: The paper "Imaginary Interfaces" discusses the idea of having screen-less devices that allow users to perform spatial interaction with empty hands and without visual feedback. The paper discusses spatial interaction in an invisible 2D space compared to conventional computer systems where objects have a specific location on a display device. There are several examples in the paper that shows visual "feedback" taking place in the user's imagination. For e.g. there is an example where Karl (user) uses an imaginary interface to graphically represent his stock options by forming an 'L' with his left hand. The paper also discusses many ideas on ways to successfully build imaginary interfaces on wearable computing, gestural input, mobile computing and spatial interaction.
Discussion:
Significance of the paper: The idea of spatial interaction, if implemented correctly, can lead to a big technological advancement. The concept of creating an imaginary interface can be really advantageous in many ways. One of the biggest advantages of this technology would be the concept of screen size and pixels would vanish. Although a lot of things would be dependent on the user's short term memory, the idea can prove to be very effective for small tasks such as analyzing small data. People can use this technology in their everyday lives and increase their work efficiency. The technology can bring advancements in mobile technology and can also decrease E-Waste substantially!
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