Supporting the Mobile Nomadic User through Projected User Interfaces

To maintain a mobile form factor, the screen size of mobile devices can only increase so much. Mobile projectors offer an alternative as they allow the creation of large displays from tiny devices, which can be made interactive through various sensing technologies. Different to other research on mobile projection systems, this talk will focus on the requirements and technical challenges of supporting mobile users in their everyday life and in uninstrumented environments. By looking at several example projects dealing with awareness, collaboration, and multi-modal interaction in nomadic scenarios it will become clear that users do not only benefit from the larger size of the projection as often times marketed but even more from the flexibility and unique affordances of the additional display. The talk will close with a discussion on the future of mobile projected interfaces in the light of the current trend of smart eyewear.

Speaker Details

Christian is a PhD Candidate at the Mobile HCI Lab at Ulm University, Germany. His current research interests are personal projection and more broadly augmented reality and ubiquitous computing. He regularly publishes his work at conferences like ACM CHI, ITS, UIST and has received several awards and press coverage. Christian holds an M.Sc. in Applied Informatics – Systems Engineering from University of Duisburg-Essen and an B.Sc. in Media Informatics from University of Bielefeld, Germany. Before and during his studies he has worked at an online media agency and as research intern and contractor for MSR Cambridge.

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