Danilo Stern-Sapad

SynergyNet has been actively developing applications for multitouch in the classroom for some time now. An area that has been identified as key to the sucess of such a massively multiuser multitouch project is the creation of a network of … Continue reading →

A great paper on the guessabilty of motion gestures and the effective usage of user defined gestures on mobile devices. The work makes a compelling argument for presenting simplified motion gesture analysis and crowd-sourcing gesture mapping. motiongestures-chi2011.pdf (0.57MB)

Delimiters are great for using gestures to overide application or OS commands. This paper investigates whether the DoubleFlip gesture is easy learn and practical to use as an effective delimter. doubleflip-chi2011.pdf (0.28MB) 

This paper outlines research showing a suprizing agreement in the guesability of multitouch gestures on tabletop surfaces between users. It also provides more evidence that crowd sourcing gesture mapping will lead to more complete intuitive gesture set and potential convergence … Continue reading →