Projet de recherche mené par Malte Weiss, Simon Voelker et Jan Borchers du Media Computing Group, une cellule dépendant du Computer Science Department de la RWTH University de Aachen en Allemagne, en collaboration avec Christine Sutter du Department of Work and Cognitive Psychology, découverte de cet intéressant concept de bureau du futur composé d’une surface entièrement tactile qui a la particularité d’être courbée pour être utilisée aussi bien dans sa partie horizontale pour placer des outils, utilitaires, … que dans sa partie verticale pour travailler, afficher des informations, … Proposant un fonctionnement de type multi-touch grâce à un dispositif interne composé de trois caméras et deux projecteurs, découvrez tous les détails en images et en vidéo dans la suite !

Plus de détails en images dans la galerie

La démonstration complète en vidéo

Description originale

For most people from many different disciplines a desk is the main workspace. A typical desk is composed of at least one or more vertical displays that show digital content and a larger horizontal area, containing input devices, such as mouse and keyboard, paper-based documents, and everyday objects. These two areas are clearly separated which makes it hard to move documents from one surface to the other. Furthermore, each area employs a different interaction technique. For example, we use the mouse for drawing on vertical displays but physical pens to annotate paper-based documents. BendDesk is our vision of a future workspace that allows continuous interaction between both areas. BendDesk is a multi-touch desk environment that seamlessly combines a vertical and a horizontal surface with a curve into one large interactive workspace. This workspace can be used to display any digital content like documents, photos, or videos. Multi-touch technology allows the user to interact with the entire surface using direct manipulation and multi-touch gestures. We took special care for ergonomics. Users can comfortably sit at the desk and place everyday objects on it. Have a look at the video!

Credits & copyright

BendDesk is a research project by Malte Weiss, Simon Voelker, Jan Borchers from the Media Computing Group, and Christine Sutter from the Department of Work and Cognitive Psychology. It is funded in part through the German B-IT Foundation. Thanks to Christian Remy for his help on the project.