Tabletops within Collaborative Environments

Fluid interaction and meaningful visualizations are the key to multi-user, multi-surface, multi-device, interactive spaces. Such interactive environments are suitable for a variety of application domains, including collaborative business and work spaces, emergency response and mission control centers, urban planning rooms, as well as geospatial visualization and analysis.

The DiamondSpace project addresses the research challenges involved in the use of new interactive display surfaces, including multi-touch multi-user tabletops, electronic walls, and laptop/desktop displays. Additionally, we are invesigating how these devices can be used in concert to create flexible visualization and workspaces in which people can explore, understand, utilize and manipulate heterogeneous information from many sources.

Visitors wishing to "get the big picture" should read our recent overview paper. For more detailed information, one should browse through our publications list, or view some of our videos.

Read our open letter to OS developers to get an overview of some OS-level issues effecting the design of tabletop applications.