Abstract
Many electric appliances have recently become network reachable, and we would receive better services from them if we could use them in combination. We have therefore developed a new hand-held interaction device called “InfoStick” that serves as an “information carrier” for these appliances. For example, a user can “pick up” TV program information from a web browser and “drop” it into a VCR deck, just like moving a physical object from one place to another. Using attached visual markers, the InfoStick identifies information appliances or other physical objects and gives an appropriate choice of action to the user. This paper explains the design and implementation of the InfoStick as well as several potential applications using this device.
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We wish to thank Jun Yamamoto, Nobuyuki Matsushita and Masanori Saitoh from Keio University for their contributions to this project. Several helpful discussions with members of the Sony CSL real-world UI group were also very helpful. We would also like to express our appreciation to Mario Tokoro and Toshi Doi for supportingthis research.
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Kohtake, N., Rekimoto, J., Anzai, Y. (1999). InfoStick: An Interaction Device for Inter-Appliance Computing. In: Gellersen, HW. (eds) Handheld and Ubiquitous Computing. HUC 1999. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1707. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-48157-5_23
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