We are stuck in a world where our digital life is confined into virtual windows that clutter computer screens everywhere. Tangible Windows allow you to break out of this prison by pushing windows into the real world. Instead of interacting with your applications through virtual rectangles, you can hold them in your hands, embed them in your environment, and take them with you. Tangible Windows ...

Educators recognize that group work and physical involvement with learning materials can greatly enhance the understanding and retention of difficult concepts. As a result, math manipulatives such as pattern blocks and number lines have increasingly been making their way into classrooms and children's museums. Yet without the constant guidance of a teacher, students can easily become distracted...

Tangible User Interface (TUI) represents a huge potential for Virtual Reality (VR) because tangibles can naturally provide rich haptic cues which are often missing in VR experiences that make use of standard controllers. We particularly interested implementing TUIs smartphone-based VR, given the lower usage barrier and easy deployment. In order to keep overall system simple accessible, we have ...

Recent research finds that people respond more generously to individual victims described in detail than to equivalent statistical victims described in general terms. We propose that this ‘‘identified victim effect’’ is one manifestation of a more general phenomenon: a positive influence of tangible information on generosity. In three experiments, we find evidence for an ‘‘identified interventi...

This paper advocates a new metaphor for designing threedimensional Augmented Reality (AR) applications, Tangible Augmented Reality (Tangible AR). Tangible AR interfaces combine the enhanced display possibilities of AR with the intuitive manipulation and interaction of physical objects or Tangible User Interfaces. We define what Tangible AR interfaces are, present some design guidelines and prot...

Not many virtual 3D puzzle applications have been researched. We present a solution using tangible objects and a reach-in set-up. The user can solve a puzzle using natural and tangible interaction. To provide realistic interaction, the usage of buttons was avoided by design. In a user experiment the solution proved to be natural and intuitive.

Tangible interaction offers school age children certain affordances for action based learning. In this paper I present and illustrate five properties of tangible systems which designers should consider. The properties are proposed based on analysis of relevant literature from cognitive psychology. This categorization provides the foundation for understanding how to design the physical and digit...

We develop a workshop technique for process co-creation with domain experts called tangible business process modeling. After assessing the idea in a laboratory experiment, we started workshops with professionals in the field. This paper illustrates how we used action research in two subsequent studies in which groups modeled BPMN and EPCs using tangible tiles on a table. The practical result is...

Tangible assets, many of which can be easily collateralized, support debt. Accordingly, the amount of tangible assets is well-established as a principal driver of leverage. As investing is shifting more and more from tangible to intangible assets, it becomes crucial to understand to what extent intangible assets support debt. Analyzing this question empirically has been largely unfeasible due t...