KNOWLEDGE AT YOUR FINGERTIPS - Multi-touch Interaction for GIS and Architectural Design Review Applications

Yvonne Jung, Jens Keil, Harald Wuest, Timo Engelke, Patrick Riess, Johannes Behr

2009

Abstract

This paper introduces novel techniques of interacting and controlling 3D content using multi-touch interaction principles for navigation and virtual camera control. Based on applications from GIS and for the architectural design review process, implementation and usage of these interaction techniques are illustrated. A comprehensive hardware and software setup is used, which not only includes tracking, but also an X3D based layer to simplify application development. Therefore it allows designers and other non-programmers to develop multi-touch applications very efficiently, while allowing to focus on user interaction and content.

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Jung Y., Keil J., Wuest H., Engelke T., Riess P. and Behr J. (2009). KNOWLEDGE AT YOUR FINGERTIPS - Multi-touch Interaction for GIS and Architectural Design Review Applications . In Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2009) ISBN 978-989-8111-67-8, pages 387-392. DOI: 10.5220/0001814803870392


in Bibtex Style

@conference{grapp09,
author={Yvonne Jung and Jens Keil and Harald Wuest and Timo Engelke and Patrick Riess and Johannes Behr},
title={KNOWLEDGE AT YOUR FINGERTIPS - Multi-touch Interaction for GIS and Architectural Design Review Applications},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2009)},
year={2009},
pages={387-392},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001814803870392},
isbn={978-989-8111-67-8},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2009)
TI - KNOWLEDGE AT YOUR FINGERTIPS - Multi-touch Interaction for GIS and Architectural Design Review Applications
SN - 978-989-8111-67-8
AU - Jung Y.
AU - Keil J.
AU - Wuest H.
AU - Engelke T.
AU - Riess P.
AU - Behr J.
PY - 2009
SP - 387
EP - 392
DO - 10.5220/0001814803870392