TouchStory: combining hyperfiction and multitouch

  • Authors:
  • Claus Atzenbeck;Mark Bernstein;Marwa Ali Al-Shafey;Stacey Mason

  • Affiliations:
  • Hof University, Hof, Germany;Eastgate Systems, Inc., Watertown, MA;German University in Cairo, New Cairo, Egypt;Eastgate Systems, Inc., Watertown, MA

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 24th ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media
  • Year:
  • 2013

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Abstract

As multitouch phones and tablets become more popular, multitouch technologies receive increasing attention. The underlying interaction paradigm of such devices is the space on which objects are manipulated by the user's fingertips. It is natural that hypertext narratives find their way from primarily mouse-driven interaction to spatial structures and visually rich presentations. In this article we propose three features for multitouch hypertext narrative applications: (i) Native multitouch support and direct manipulations of fictive objects; (ii) using the space as a structuring mechanism rather than a means for presentation; and (iii) supporting presentation of visually rich objects. Our prototype, TouchStory, is a novel tool specialized for authoring and reading hypertext narratives that integrates these features.