Multiple-Computer User Interfaces: A Cooperative Environment Consisting of Multiple Digital Devices

  • Authors:
  • Jun Rekimoto

  • Affiliations:
  • -

  • Venue:
  • CoBuild '98 Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Cooperative Buildings, Integrating Information, Organization, and Architecture
  • Year:
  • 1998

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Abstract

Traditional graphical user interfaces (GUIs) are mainly designed for an environment consisting of a single display and a set of single input devices. However, in the near future we will be using a number of computers (and other electronic devices). Just as we often combine several physical devices to perform a task in a real world, it should also be possible to use multiple computers more effectively. This paper proposes the notion of multiple-computer user interfaces in a future cooperative environment. We also describe an interaction technique that allows a user to transfer digital information to other electronic devices placed in a physical environment, and a digital whiteboard system that effectively uses a multiple-device architecture.