The pebbles project: using PCs and hand-held computers together

  • Authors:
  • Brad A. Myers

  • Affiliations:
  • Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

  • Venue:
  • CHI '00 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • Year:
  • 2000

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Abstract

Increasingly, people will be in situations where they have multiple communicating computing devices available at the same time. The Pebbles research project is investigating many ways that a hand-held computer such as a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) can serve as a useful adjunct to the PC in those situations. We have created a large set of applications to support group work in meetings and individual work at the desktop. These run on both Palm Pilots and Windows CE devices, along with a PC. As an example, each hand-held computer can control the main PC's cursor and keyboard to support collaboration. For an individual giving a slide show, the notes and controls for the show can be on the hand-held, while the main computer is running the show. This demonstration will show the large variety of Pebbles applications.