ToMMI - A Software Library for Multiplatform Tangible Mobile Interaction

Francesco Strada, Andrea Bottino

2017

Abstract

In this paper we present ToMMI (TOkens for Multiplatform tangible Mobile Interaction), a software library capable of supporting both tangible and multi-touch interaction on mobile devices. ToMMI exploits 3D printed tokens that can be recognized and tracked on devices equipped with commercial capacitive displays. Results shows that the computational core of ToMMI is lightweight and can extract token information in less than a millisecond. Furthermore, the library has an intuitive interface, which facilitates its use, and it is based on a portable framework that guarantees the deployment of any application based on it on a plethora of different smartphones and tablets. We also report that ToMMI code is available, open source, for the research community.

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Strada F. and Bottino A. (2017). ToMMI - A Software Library for Multiplatform Tangible Mobile Interaction . In Proceedings of the 12th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 2: HUCAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2017) ISBN 978-989-758-229-5, pages 100-107. DOI: 10.5220/0006141401000107


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@conference{hucapp17,
author={Francesco Strada and Andrea Bottino},
title={ToMMI - A Software Library for Multiplatform Tangible Mobile Interaction},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 12th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 2: HUCAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2017)},
year={2017},
pages={100-107},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0006141401000107},
isbn={978-989-758-229-5},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 12th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 2: HUCAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2017)
TI - ToMMI - A Software Library for Multiplatform Tangible Mobile Interaction
SN - 978-989-758-229-5
AU - Strada F.
AU - Bottino A.
PY - 2017
SP - 100
EP - 107
DO - 10.5220/0006141401000107