Monthly Archives: April 2010

Above The Surface Interaction

Posted on April 6, 2010 by dustinfreeman

I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work. – Thomas Edison This past year, I’ve had the wonderful opportunity to work on several projects that did not go anywhere. I would started getting discouraged when it … Continue reading →

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Tangible Actions/Replaying Gestures

Posted on April 2, 2010 by dustinfreeman

Once the novelty effect wears off for a direct multitouch interface, interaction can be very slow and inefficient compared to the high-gain mouse interactions most users are familiar with. We developed the concept of Tangible Actions based on the broad … Continue reading →

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Fingerpainting on the Microsoft Surface

Posted on April 2, 2010 by dustinfreeman

(with Julian Lepinski) For a course on sketching interfaces with Prof. Karan Singh, a colleague and I wanted to explore how to use the rich input available with the Microsoft Surface (grayscale bitmap input) as a suitable artistic tool. For … Continue reading →

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