Xiang Cao's HCI research demos

In this video we demonstrate the idea and the prototype

of an electromagnetic animation interface, ferro tale.

Ferromagnetic particles, such as iro...

Time Travel Proxy (TTP) enables participating in meetings that you cannot attend in real time, either because of time conflicts or global time zone...

Human stereo vision processes the two different images seen by the two eyes to generate depth sensation. While current stereoscopic display technol...

We introduce LensMouse, a novel device that embeds a touch-screen display -- or tangible „lens‟ -- onto a mouse. Users interact with the display of...

Adding multi-touch sensing to the surface of a mouse has the potential

to substantially increase the number of interactions available

to the user. ...

This work explores the interaction possibilities enabled

when the barrel of a digital pen is augmented with a multitouch

sensor. We present a novel...

This demo shows how we can make the user see different images on an off-the-shelf LCD screen by simply looking from different angles.

Details:

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When designers explain their early design ideas to others, they usually use face-to-face communication along with sketches. In practice, however, s...

With the fast economic growth and urbanization of many developing countries come concerns that their children now have fewer opportunities to expre...

We present novel input devices that combine the standard capabilities of a computer mouse with multi-touch sensing. Our goal is to enrich tradition...

Paper prototyping offers unique affordances for interface

design. However, due to its spontaneous nature and the

limitations of paper, it is diffic...

A passive wand tracked in 3D using computer vision techniques is explored as a new input mechanism for interacting with large displays. We demonstr...

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TellTable, a system created in the Socio-Digital Systems group, utilizes Microsoft Surface...

Among artists and designers, the pen-and-tablet combination

is widely used for creating digital drawings, as digital

pens outperform other input de...

Digital pets (aka Tamagotchi) have been an extremely popular mobile toy. However they are completely separated from the player's real world experie...

Ever wondered what's the next thing after multitouch? ShapeTouch is a research prototype from Microsoft Research. It lets you use the shape of your...

Imagine combining the magic power of you and your buddies' handheld projectors to discover treasures that none of you can see alone? Following up t...

Imagine combining the magic power of you and your buddies' handheld projectors to discover treasures that none of you can see alone? Following up t...

Imagine having a projector inside your cell phone or PDA, what can you do with it? Researchers from University of Toronto made a demo.

Xiang Cao, ...