Marquardt, N;
Brudy, FM;
Liu, C;
Bengler, B;
Holz, C;
(2018)
SurfaceConstellations: A Modular Hardware Platform for Ad-Hoc Reconfigurable Cross-Device Workspaces.
In: Mandryk, R and Hancock, M and Perry, M and Cox, A, (eds.)
CHI '18: Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.
ACM: New York, NY, USA.
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Abstract
We contribute SurfaceConstellations, a modular hardware platform for linking multiple mobile devices to easily create novel cross-device workspace environments. Our platform combines the advantages of multi-monitor workspaces and multi-surface environments with the flexibility and extensibility of more recent cross-device setups. The SurfaceConstellations platform includes a comprehensive library of 3D-printed link modules to connect and arrange tablets into new workspaces, several strategies for designing setups, and a visual configuration tool for automatically generating link modules. We contribute a detailed design space of cross-device workspaces, a technique for capacitive links between tablets for automatic recognition of connected devices, designs of flexible joint connections, detailed explanations of the physical design of 3D printed brackets and support structures, and the design of a web-based tool for creating new SurfaceConstellation setups.
| Type: | Proceedings paper |
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| Title: | SurfaceConstellations: A Modular Hardware Platform for Ad-Hoc Reconfigurable Cross-Device Workspaces |
| Event: | 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '18) |
| Location: | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Dates: | 21 April 2018 - 26 April 2018 |
| ISBN-13: | 978-1-4503-5620-6 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1145/3173574.3173928 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1145/3173574.3173928 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Computer Science |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10047098 |
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