Pharos is a novel system that extends turn-by-turn navigation instructions using a single global landmark (e.g. the Eiffel Tower) rather than multiple, hard-to-select local landmarks. More...

ScrollingHome is a novel image-based indoor navigation approach for smartwatches. The user scrolls through a series of images by scrolling vertically on the display. More...

StripeMaps is a novel cartographic approach for maps on smartwatches. It transforms any two-dimensional route map into a one-dimensional "stripe" for easy interaction. More...

Several studies have shown advantages of map-image-combinations for pedestrian navigation. This work investigates interaction concepts to combine maps and panoramic photographs. More...

IDA is a service that allows anyone to create an intelligent chatbot without having to be an expert in artificial intelligence. For this purpose, already existing information about your company, e.g. the website, is analyzed. The learned correlations are presented on a website in an understandable way. Via this, you can control and extend the artificial intelligence. More...

New information technologies can help to supply surgeons with important information before and during surgeries, thereby noticeably increasing the chances of a successful outcome. Goal of the VIVATOP project is to use Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR) and 3D printing to effectively support the planning and execution of surgeries as well as training and education scenarios. More...

Previsualisation (previs) is an essential phase in the design process of narrative art forms and media such as film, animated series, and stage plays. The goal of first.stage is to research, design, develop, evaluate, and showcase natural user interfaces that improve previsualisation by speaking the language of the artist rather than that of a technician. More...

This works present an approach for needle-based interventions to provide navigational feedback directly on the instrument and close to the situs by mounting a small display onto the needle. More...

WatchThru expands smartwatches into 3D through a transparent display. This enables novel interactions that leverage and extend smartwatch glanceability. More...

The widespread popularity of Pokémon GO presents the first opportunity to observe the geographic effects of location-based gaming at scale. More...

Exercise video games (exergames) can motivate players to be more physically active. Exercise My Game (XMG) is a design framework for turning off-the-shelf action games into full-body motion-based games. More...

Tagging is a boring task and remembering the assigned tags is important to find tagged media at later point. This work uses gamification for entertaining image tagging with tags you do not forget. More...

Controls for mobile games are mostly based on touch or physical gestures. This work presents a novel concept integrating tilt- and touch-interaction with different mappings depending on the device's orientation. More...