VRCAI'10, Tablaction
Tablaction: collaborative brainstorming system with stylus-fingertip interactions on tablet PCs
Hyunyoung Kim, Kuenhwan Kwak, Jongwoo Jung, Insik Myung, Minsoo Hahn
Proceedings of the 9th ACM SIGGRAPH Conference on Virtual-Reality Continuum and its Applications in Industry, VRCAI’10. [pdf]
(Left top) paper prototype for preliminary evaluation. (Left bottom) a participant using the prototype. (Right top) implemented software. (Right bottom) the implemented stylus to enable simultaneous input of touch and stylus.
Tablaction stands for tablet + interaction.
In the way that people draw or manipulate objects, it is more natural that they use tools when they draw and cut, otherwise they use their bare hands to move objects. However, touch and stylus inputs have little difference in interaction and they cannot be inputted simultaneously.
To overcome the hardware limitation, we made a touch-mimicking stylus which is algorithmically identified with its embodied pressure sensor. We suggested interactions for the next generation of tablet. Fingers zoom, type, and select objects and stylus draws. Cutting was suggested as an interaction combining touch and stylus.