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ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION
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Figure 2 Foldable display shapes (left to right): newspaper, scroll, fan, and umbrella.
Red dots indicate the location of the LEDs use for tracking in these prototypes.
Tracking
The LEDs in the display surface run for several hours using
a small rechargeable battery pack. Since infrared LEDs
emit non-visible light, the LEDs appear as small black dots
5mm in diameter. The LEDs can also be placed beneath a
translucent surface to hide their visual presence entirely. As
with any optical based tracking system, occlusions are a
problem but could be address using additional cameras or
location estimation using remaining visible points.
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Figure 4 Orientation sensitivity behaviors (left to right): double-sided display surfaces can react differently depending on the
direction they are flipped, simulated lenticular can change the document view depending on the angle of viewing in a hand-held
display, or a tabletop scenario where tilt angle may correspond to different privacy states: private, public, excluded.
Scroll
ORIENTATION SENSITIVITY
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This is done by monitoring the ratio of the edges of a semrigid surface. We refer to this as a simulated lenticular
screen and can respond to multiple axes of orientation
change.
In a multi-user scenario, horizontally tilting or turning the
display to another person (assuming the computer is aware
of viewer locations) can trigger different document views.
If placed on a table top, vertical tilting may correspond to
the implicit privacy states of the display depending on its
expected visibility. Tilting the display toward yourself
might indicate a private state, placing it flat would indicate
a public state, and tilt it away might indicate an excluded
state, possibly useful for presentation or gaming scenarios.
Use of this capability will depend on the application
scenario of the table top system.
While it would be possible to have the system react to
additional degrees of rotational freedom as well as three
degrees of translational movement, having such complex
display behavior would be highly application dependent.
For example, six degree-of-freedom display tracking would
be appropriate for creating a view portal into a virtual 3D
environment but unnecessary for many 2D GUIs.
Figure 5 Orientation sensitivity prototypes: (top) doublesided flip direction, (middle) vertical and horizontal simulated
lenticular in a hand-held surface, and (bottom) a tabletop
scenario where tilt correlates to different privacy states.
INTERACTIVITY
CONCLUSION
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