Stitching: Using the Pen to Link Multiple Tablet PC's

Stitching is a new interaction technique that allows users to combine pen-operated mobile devices with wireless networking by using pen gestures that span multiple displays. To stitch, a user starts moving the pen on one screen, crosses over the bezel, and finishes the stroke on the screen of a nearby device. Properties of each portion of the pen stroke are observed by the participating devices, synchronized via wireless network communication, and recognized as a unitary act performed by one user, thus binding together the devices. A prototype photo sharing application demonstrates how users could employ stitching to copy images from one tablet to another that is nearby, expand an image across multiple screens, establish a persistent shared workspace, or use one tablet to present images that a user selects from another tablet.

A detailed discussion of Stitching is available at http://research.microsoft.com/users/kenh/papers/StitchingWeb.pdf

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• Tablet
• PC
• pen
• ink
• mobile
• umpc
• wireless
• network
• wifi
• Microsoft
• Research
• notebook
• gesture
• input
• bluetooth
• ubiquitous

[tattoodobem]

good work it's good to see microsoft inovating

[wendileona]

I'm no Apple-cult-geek, but Steve really was on mark when he said that MS and at this point, I think presenters, and some software developers such as this, lack one or two things - mainly ART.

[reinux]

wait do you really need a tabletpc for this?

[shanjega]

cool