Light on horizontal interactive surfaces: Input space for tabletop computing Articles uri icon

publication date

  • January 2014

issue

  • 3

volume

  • 46

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0360-0300

Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)

  • 1557-7341

abstract

  • In the last 25 years we have witnessed the rise and growth of interactive tabletop research, both in academic and in industrial settings. The rising demand for the digital support of human activities motivated the need to bring computational power to table surfaces. In this article, we review the state of the art of tabletop computing, highlighting core aspects that frame the input space of interactive tabletops: (a) developments in hardware technologies that have caused the proliferation of interactive horizontal surfaces and (b) issues related to new classes of interaction modalities (multitouch, tangible, and touchless). A classification is presented that aims to give a detailed view of the current development of this research area and define opportunities and challenges for novel touch- and gesture-based interactions between the human and the surrounding computational environment. © 2014 ACM.

keywords

  • horizontal interactive surfaces; tabletop computing; ubiquitous computing