7 12, 2009

touch and multi-touch interfaces

By |2024-08-16T17:33:57+02:00December 7th, 2009|Interaction Design, technology|0 Comments

Introduction to touch and multi-touch interfaces Touch-screens are device screens that provide interaction interface to various operating systems by using touch. Nowadays touch-screens are being used in a wide variety of devices and particularly in mobile computing with include laptops, smartphones, handhelds and lately tablet PCs. Touch-screen usage is approved to be straightforward, as touch-screen interaction is designed to be intuitive and quick to learn compared to other pointing devices (Benko, H., Wilson, A. D., & Baudisch, P. (2006). Precise selection techniques for multi-touch screens. Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human Factors in computing systems (pp. 1263-1272). ACM.), (Ichikawa, H., Homma, M., & Umemura, M. (1999). An experimental evaluation of input devices for pointing work. International Journal of Production Economics, 60-61, 235-240. doi:10.1016/S0925-5273,98,00162-5.). Touch-screens are used for interacting with many different types of applications in many different contexts and often replace traditional pointing devices such as the mouse and [...]

23 03, 2009

10th Annual Visualization Conference in Munich

By |2016-01-12T21:10:38+02:00March 23rd, 2009|conferences/workshops, design, events|0 Comments

The latest developments and trends in the world of 3D real-time visualization at the 10th annual RTT Conference in Munich. (07-08 May 2009) This milestone event will focus on sharing visions and stimulating new ideas, covering a wide range of applications for visualization solutions in the fields of product development, design, marketing and sales. The event will also highlight the latest developments in high-end visualization. http://www.rttconference.com/ .

23 03, 2009

9th Andreu World International Design Competition

By |2016-01-12T21:10:38+02:00March 23rd, 2009|design, events|0 Comments

Andreu World International Design Competition is an initiative of Andreu World to find out new up-and-coming contemporary designers, stirring up the necessary creativity and motivation to incorporate in the Labour Market. The challenge is to design a seat or a table in witch innovative design / styling contributions are made, bearing in mind the technical specifications in the briefing. There are two prizes - one with a cash purse of 4.000 euros and another with 2.000 euros - and the deadline for project presentation is September 14, 2009. http://competition.andreuworld.com/ .

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