Sensing and visualizing spatial relations of mobile devices

  • Authors:
  • Gerd Kortuem;Christian Kray;Hans Gellersen

  • Affiliations:
  • Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK;Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK;Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 18th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology
  • Year:
  • 2005

Quantified Score

Hi-index 0.00

Visualization

Abstract

Location information can be used to enhance interaction with mobile devices. While many location systems require instrumentation of the environment, we present a system that allows devices to measure their spatial relations in a true peer-to-peer fashion. The system is based on custom sensor hardware implemented as USB dongle, and computes spatial relations in real-time. In extension of this system we propose a set of spatialized widgets for incorporation of spatial relations in the user interface. The use of these widgets is illustrated in a number of applications, showing how spatial relations can be employed to support and streamline interaction with mobile devices.