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Presentation Outline

Presentation Outline

Lora, I've added in your intro for you to say the abstract I wrote so we can explain our mission and so on.

-----Presentation Outline----
L:
- Introduction/About: 4 undergraduates. Two months. One table. No money
(we accept tips and food). (provide contact information)
- Mission and what the table is
- Plan for the presentation

L:
General Idea of the News Table:
-A table with "spirit" (Furnichat)
-Initially began with "A table covered in newspapers that shows the
news"... but how? Physical Interface (mixed with the "glasses table",
resembling the Onomy wall, of sorts)
-Point of View: A table that emphasises international persepctive by
bringing news from all over the world through a graphical interface

Research (before and after):
M:Before--General Tables and Interactive Tables: Looking at table
use, possibilities of interactive tables, what they were trying to
solve, etc. (MERL DiamondTouch/Spin), lazy susan MOMA table,
C:After-- Object Tracking, Physical Interfaces: RFIDs, eBeam/Mimeo,
mention specific tables like the sense table, info table, metadesk

Key Design Decisions:
-Digital vs. Physical Map
-Dividing Map into countries or regions?
-What kind of media? TV/newspaper/radio
-English Translations of Foreign Newspapers so that all is understood
-ImageMap in HTML (instead of Java), eBeams (instead of RFID)
-Vertical Screen and Horizontal Surface (partially inspired from Ping
Pong tables we had seen earlier)
-Country Name Display: Why it's important, why we put it where we
did. Front Projection? Over the Country?
-Table Height (sitting or standing),

Storyboard (walk through of how to use it):
-Walk-through
-Take Picutres/ Draw Pictures of how to use it

Technical Overview:
J: General Structure of EventHeap/Multibrowsing, Javascript/
Programming, with News Sites and Country Names
C:-The Object: eBeams and Object Tracking. Also useful for other
interactive surfaces in place of a touch screen.
M:-Proximity Sensor

User Studies:
Coming soon! Please participate if interested.
(include what we looked for and any results for HCI meeting)

Potential for Future Development:
-Java application instead of HTML Document: Faster loading time,
smoother transition to Event Heap and eBeams, potential for more
features
-Add a different database of links so that Map serves another use,
such as International Museums, Designers around the world, Tops
around the world, anything around the world
-other potential applications linking physical objects/interfaces
with content... perhaps software that allows quick linking, creation
of new interfaces?
-Easier/Simpler Navagation of the Vertical Display: currently have a
Trackball, but there has to be a better, more natural way of
transitioning between the horizontal and vertical interfaces
-Larry Leifer's point of view of how the table will faciliate group
discussions about world news because the large news display allows
for a group forum. In addition, other applications that cannot be
forseen until users begin to interact with the table.
M: Proximity Sensor Features

Demo.

Posted by Corina at August 13, 2003 04:27 PM