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Exploring information spaces by using tangible magic lenses in a tabletop environment

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To solve the challenge of exploring large information spaces on interactive surfaces such as tabletops, we developed an optically tracked, lightweight, passive display (magic lens) that provides elegant three-dimensional exploration of rich datasets. This can either be volumetric, layered, zoomable, or temporal information spaces, which are mapped onto the physical volume above a tabletop. By moving the magic lens through the volume, corresponding data is displayed, thus serving as a window into virtuality. Hereby, various interaction techniques are introduced, which especially utilize the lens' height above a tabletop in a novel way, e.g. for zooming or displaying information layers.

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      CHI EA '10: CHI '10 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
      April 2010
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      ISBN:9781605589305
      DOI:10.1145/1753846

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      1. data exploration
      2. interactive surface
      3. ir-tracking
      4. magic lens
      5. natural interaction
      6. paper display
      7. passive display
      8. tabletop
      9. tangible interaction
      10. volume slicing
      11. window into virtuality

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