The document discusses interactive paper and its applications. It begins with an introduction to interactive paper technologies like digital pens and electronic paper. It then explores several applications of interactive paper, including enhanced reading, writing, and collaboration. It also discusses future developments, noting interactive paper allows augmenting the physical properties of paper with digital functionality.
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Interactive Paper - Introduction and Basic Technology & Interactive Paper - Applications and Future Developments
1. Interactive Paper
Introduction and Basic Technology
Applications and Future Developments
Beat Signer
Global Information Systems Research Group
ETH Zurich
http://vub.academia.edu/BeatSigner
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2. The Paperless Office (1975)
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4. The Myth of the Paperless Office
For decades, people have predicted the
office of the future as a paperless office
documents generated, published and
distributed electronically
documents read electronically
What has happened to this
imminent revolution?
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5. Affordances of Paper
The physical properties of an object determine
how people use that object
Properties of paper
light, flexible, robust, porous, opaque, transparent, ….
Human actions
grasping, folding, tearing, carrying, writing, on ….
Paper supports forms of collaboration and
interaction difficult to mimic in the digital world
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6. Paper in Everyday Settings
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7. Electronic Paper (e-paper)
E-Ink Cooperation
paper-like high contrast
appearance
low power consumption
thin, light form
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8. Augmenting the Physical Space
Embedding computing functionality in everyday
objects instead of digitising the physical
environment
At breakfast Sal reads the news. She still prefers the paper form, as do
most people. She spots an interesting quote from a columnist in the
business section. She wipes her pen over the newspaper’s name, date,
section, and page number and then circles the quote. The pen sends a
message to the paper, which transmits the quote to her office.
The Computer for the 21st Century, Weiser, 1991
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9. Paper-Digital Integration Technologies
Document (object) identification / tracking
barcodes
RFID tags
optical tracking
…
Within-document position tracking
relative/absolute positions
support for mobility
…
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10. Listen Reader (Maribeth Back et al.)
Combines the look and feel of a real book with an
interactive soundtrack
RFID tags embedded in each page
Electric field sensors in the book binding
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11. Digital Pen and Paper
Developed by Anoto
Different pen manufacturers
Logitech, Maxel, Nokia,
Adapx, Livescribe ...
Pattern space
60 million km2
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12. Forms Automation Systems
Capture form data
data is processed and
stored in a database
Applications
policies
hospitals
transporation
...
No real-time interaction!
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13. Active Areas and Virtual Page Layers
image
video clip
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14. Cross-Media Link Server (iServer)
web pages
consumers /
publishers
publisher
videos
books
presentation slides
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15. iPaper @ ETH Zurich
Tools
Cross-Media
Link Infrastructure
Applications
Publishing
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16. Edinburgh Fringe Festival
World's largest
international arts festival
4 weeks
~1700 events
~27000 performances
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20. Design of Interactive Paper Documents
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21. References
The Myth of the Paperless Office, A.J. Sellen
and R. Harper, MIT Press, November 2001
Scrolling Forward: Making Sense of Documents
in the Digital Age, D.M. Levy, October 2001
Fundamental Concepts for Interactive Paper and
Cross-Media Information Spaces, B. Signer,
Diss ETH Zurich Nr. 16218, 2006
http://www.ipaper.ethz.ch
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22. Interactive Paper Applications
Enhanced Reading Enhanced Writing
interactive paper maps photo album
interactive festival brochures researcher's notebook
educational materials mammography
auction brochures search system
scientific publications …
…
Paper-Based Interfaces Artists' Installations
PaperPoint Lost Cosmonaut
digital libraries Generosa Enterprise
video analysis tool
educational games Interactive TableTops
http://www.globis.ethz.ch/research/paper/applications/
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23. PaperPoint Presentation Tool
Mobile presentation tool
Non-linear presentations
Paper-based real-time
annotations
Digital whiteboard
Multi-pen support
brainstorming
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24. PaperPoint Stickers
Empty Stickers linked to
specific PowerPoint slides
Digital information (text,
image, movie, ...)
embedded in slides
Mock-ups for interactive
paper applications
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32. Print-n-Link
Citations build the basis
for a scientific web of
publications
Use digital services to
search / retrieve cited
publications
Automatic authoring
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34. PaperWeb
Print arbitrary web pages
with iDoc printer driver
All hyperlinks become
interactive on the printout
version
Automatic authoring of
links
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35. Document Editing
Digital and paper-based user interface
Support for collaborative editing
Multiple digital/physical editing iteration cycles
Digital Document
Printed Document
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39. The Lost Cosmonaut
Writing as a collaborative
act of memory and story-
telling
Reading, writing and
narrative as an act of
making sense
Handwriting as a tool for
human computer
interaction
In collaboration with Axel Vogelsang,
Artists in Labs Programme
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40. The Lost Cosmonaut …
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41. The Lost Cosmonaut …
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42. Generosa Enterprise
Interactive drawing installation
Exhibited at the 150 Years ETH Zurich Jubilee (more
than 200'000 visitors)
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43. Generosa Enterprise …
Generation of a new artwork
http://www.generosa.ethz.ch/
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47. Remote Sketching on Paper
Integration of Skype and
paper-based remote
sketching, Hermann
Hofstetter
HCI group University of
Konstanz, H. Reiterer
GlobIS group
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48. Query by Sketching (QbS)
Pen-based sketching
interface
University of Basel
GlobIS group
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49. FLY Fusion™ Pentop Computer
Everything integrated into
the pen
Voice feedback
Applications on cartridge
english to spanish translator
calculator
...
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50. Pulse Smartpen
Record and replay
synchronised ink & audio
1 GB memory
16'000 pages
200 hours voice recording
96x18 OLED Display
Open application platform
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