Dynamo: a public interactive surface supporting the cooperative sharing and exchange of media

  • Authors:

  • Shahram Izadi;Harry Brignull;Tom Rodden;Yvonne Rogers;Mia Underwood

  • Affiliations:

  • The Mixed Reality Lab, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK NG8 1BB;The Interact Lab, COGS, University of Sussex, Sussex, UK;The Mixed Reality Lab, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK NG8 1BB;The Interact Lab, COGS, University of Sussex, Sussex, UK;The Interact Lab, COGS, University of Sussex, Sussex, UK

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 16th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

In this paper we propose a novel way of supporting occasional meetings that take place in unfamiliar public places, which promotes lightweight, visible and fluid collaboration. Our central idea is that the sharing and exchange of information occurs across public surfaces that users can easily access and interact with. To this end, we designed and implemented Dynamo, a communal multi-user interactive surface. The surface supports the cooperative sharing and exchange of a wide range of media that can be brought to the surface by users that are remote from their familiar organizational settings.