HybridPointing: Fluid switching between absolute and relative pointing with a direct input device

UIST 2006: Proceedings of the 19th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 211-220

  Forlines, Clifton ^a   Vogel, Daniel ^b   Balakrishnan, Ravin ^b  

^a MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Absolute input; Directinput; Multiple displays; Pointing; Relative input; Wall sized display

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; FEEDBACK; KNOBS; STATE FEEDBACK; USER INTERFACES; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

ABSOLUTE INPUT; DIRECTINPUT; MULTIPLE DISPLAYS; POINTING; RELATIVE INPUT; WALL-SIZED DISPLAY;

COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 57749083349     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1166253.1166286     Document Type: Conference Paper

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