BendDesk: Seamless Integration of Horizontal and Vertical Multi-Touch Surfaces in Desk Environments

Year

2009

Type(s)

Late Breaking Work, ITS

Author(s)

Malte Weiss, Simon Voelker, and Jan Borchers

Source

In Adjunct Proceedings of ITS '09, ACM

BibTeX

BibTeX

BibTeX

We present BendDesk, a desk environment that combines a horizontal and a vertical interactive surface that are seamlessly connected by a curved surface. This increases the perception of spatial cohesiveness and provides a continuous interaction. Furthermore, the curve functions as a storage for virtual objects and as a display for system events. The system avoids changing input modalities by supporting direct touch and pen input on the entire surface.