Pervasive Displays Distributed Systems Seminar FS 2013 Reto Achermann Student , ETH Zurich

We are even carrying several personal displays around us most of the time: smartphone or a tablet. This enables us to have access to news and entertainment almost everywhere we go. Large electronic screens displaying advertisement and news on public places are not the exception anymore. However, even with the technology at hand, these public displays provide no or only very limited ways of interaction. Maps are just showing a small red dot stating “here are you” and the big advertisement displays show different content in an endless loop. Almost none of the public displays make use of the smartphone and its powerful features in the pocket of the persons in front of the displays. This seminar report tries to outline several techniques and ideas how to interact with a display using the technology at hand – or in the pocket: The smartphone as the main input provider. ACM Classification: H5.2 [Information interfaces and presentation]: User Interfaces. Graphical user interfaces. General terms: Design, Human Factors,