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Sebastian Boring
A Wall-sized Focus and Context Display
Diploma Thesis, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 2006 (bib)

Several instrumented environments have been implemented in different research laboratories during the past years. Their objective is to create simulations for ubiquitous computing which can be used to test certain scenarios. This paradigm is descriptive for the idea of computers appearing almost invisible to users while being available on any spot. For further insight on how to display information in the environments mentioned above, the need of interaction with those emerges. Thanks to the desktop metaphor this is not a problem for pure display devices like computer monitors. For displaying them throughout a whole room, however, new interaction techniques have to be created in order to modify digital information directly. This thesis is to present such an interaction technique. It will show how an entire wall can serve as one single display on which users can interact with it by hand. To achieve that, several graphical display technologies will be combined to depict information on the walls surface. Additionally, cameras that enable the interaction are to be installed. Since the size of the wall will allow multiple users to stand in front of it, potentials of multi-user bimodal interaction will be gained. The combination of divers technologies makes it possible to have the wall act as an interactive surface with different finesses. It enables users to selectively modify detailed information while having an overview of the whole content. The actual combination of technologies remains incognizable to them, resulting in one sole system in their imagination.