Desktop-Gluey: Augmenting Desktop Environments with Wearable Devices

Marcos Serrano (1) , Barrett Ens (2) , Xing-Dong Yang (3) , Pourang Irani (2)

1 IRIT-ELIPSE - Etude de L’Interaction Personne SystèmE
2 University of Manitoba [Winnipeg]
3 Dartmouth College [Hanover]

Upcoming consumer-ready head-worn displays (HWDs) can play a central role in unifying the interaction experience in Distributed display environments (DDEs). We recently implemented Gluey, a HWD system that 'glues' together the input mechanisms across a display ecosystem to facilitate content migration and seamless interaction across multiple, co-located devices. Gluey can minimize device switching costs, opening new possibilities and scenarios for multi-device interaction. In this paper, we propose Desktop-Gluey, a system to augment situated desktop environments, allowing users to extend the physical displays in their environment, organize information in spatial layouts, and 'carry' desktop content with them. We extend this metaphor beyond the desktop to provide 'anywhere and anytime' support for mobile and collaborative interactions.

Mots clés: Head-worn display; Distributed displays; Multi-display environments; Input redirection; Content migration

Domaines: Interface homme-machine [cs.HC]

Marcos Serrano, Barrett Ens, Xing-Dong Yang, Pourang Irani. Desktop-Gluey: Augmenting Desktop Environments with Wearable Devices. 17th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services Adjunct (ACM MobileHCI 2015), Aug 2015, Copenhagen, Denmark. pp. 1175-1178. ⟨hal-01371769⟩