The TAC paradigm: Specifying tangible user interfaces

Personal and Ubiquitous Computing

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 359-369

  Shaer, Orit ^a   Leland, Nancy ^a   Calvillo Gamez, Eduardo H ^b   Jacob, Robert J K ^a  

^a Tufts University   (United States)

^b Universidad Politecnica de San Luis Potosi   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Physical computing; Software toolkit; Tangible user interface; Token and Constraints; User interface description language; User interface management system

Indexed keywords

ABILITY TESTING; HIGH LEVEL LANGUAGES;

PHYSICAL COMPUTING; SOFTWARE TOOLKITS; TANGIBLE USER INTERFACES; TOKEN AND CONSTRAINTS; USER INTERFACE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES; USER INTERFACE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS;

USER INTERFACES;

EID: 50549101336     PISSN: 16174909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00779-004-0298-3     Document Type: Article

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