The creation of complete reconstructions of populated urban environments are technically difficult tasks primarily due to economic constraints in the modeling phase: complex models need to keep rendering aspects in mind in order to warrant interactive rendering speeds which makes this kind of work a labor-intensive task for highly skilled personel. Specialized modelling tools, which exploit kno...

A growing number of education systems are exploring the potential of e-learning to improve outcomes for students. There is also a great deal of hype about this; at times it seems as if e-learning tools are perceived to be an educational silver bullet. While a number of studies report on the success of using particular tools such as interactive whiteboards (IWBs) or report on how to create digit...

We present SIDE1 (the Summarization Integrated Development Environment), which is an infrastructure that facilitates the construction of reporting interfaces that support group learning facilitators in the task of getting a quick sense of the quality and effectiveness of a collaborative learning interaction. The SIDE framework offers flexibility in the specification of which conversational beha...

Electronic whiteboard systems are becoming increasingly popular as replacements for the dry-erase whiteboards previously used for communication and workflow coordination at Emergency Departments. With this it also becomes increasingly important that these systems do not disrupt or delay the working practices of the departments where they are taken into use. Usability evaluations should therefor...

We are investigating the design of digital 3D interaction technology embedded in a physical environment. We take as point of departure complex, collaborative industrial design projects involving heterogeneous sets of documents, and physical as well as digital 3D models. The paper introduces our notion of interactive room technology supporting industrial design and describes two examples of this...

T oday, physical and electronic media coexist like ships passing in the night: proximate but unaware of each other. Contemporary design studios, offices, and labs are filled with both physical and electronic artifacts, but the two exist separately, and the infrastructure for moving between media representations—scanning and print-ing—is heavyweight and cumbersome, at odds with the freewheeling,...

This article presents an argument for the use of networked interactive whiteboards (NIWBs) in regional Australian higher education and identifies new pedagogies for this context. Most Australian universities operate multiple campuses, and many use video conference facilities to deliver courses across these sites. For students at remote video conference sites, their classroom experience is often...

A novel calculator, designed for interactive whiteboards and pen-based devices, provides a better task fit than conventional approaches. The calculator provides a natural, dynamic method of doing calculations by handwriting and using conventional notation. This paper discusses the calcualtor’s underlying design principles, which collectively create a coherent and innovative ‘look and feel.’ The...