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Sensing and visualizing spatial relations of mobile devices

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Christian Kray,

Hans GellersenAuthors Info & Claims

UIST '05: Proceedings of the 18th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology

Pages 93 - 102

https://doi.org/10.1145/1095034.1095049

Published: 23 October 2005 Publication History

Abstract

Location information can be used to enhance interaction with mobile devices. While many location systems require instrumentation of the environment, we present a system that allows devices to measure their spatial relations in a true peer-to-peer fashion. The system is based on custom sensor hardware implemented as USB dongle, and computes spatial relations in real-time. In extension of this system we propose a set of spatialized widgets for incorporation of spatial relations in the user interface. The use of these widgets is illustrated in a number of applications, showing how spatial relations can be employed to support and streamline interaction with mobile devices.

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Sensing and visualizing spatial relations of mobile devices
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    1. Interaction paradigms
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