ETH Zurich : Computer Science : Pervasive Computing : Distributed Systems : Research : Mobile Interaction

Mobile Interaction touching Augmented Reality and Context Awareness

A Research Topic of the Distributed Systems Group

A large part of the information needs in everyday settings is directly related to real-world entities, like objects, places, and people. Attaching information to those entities thus has many benefits for the quality of interaction between humans and their environment. For example, an object could provide users with its own object-history, which could be used to infer object relationships and interaction contexts in which the physical artifact has taken part. By connecting physical artifacts to information in the virtual world, such "physical hyperlinks" can serve as visible entry points into the information infrastructure, thus increasing accessibility and visibility of a virtual environment from within the physical world.

Narrowing the gap between the physical world surrounding the user and the virtual world requires a kind of "bridge" between entities in the real world and the associated information in the virtual world. Interaction with the virtual aspects of an entity requires a device which is able to detect the entity and display related information. Such a "symbolic magnifying glass" allows, for example, to make object relations visible, to access virtual functions of an object, and to virtually zoom into and out of an object in order to get to know the object details or the object's context, respectively. Physical objects thus become "interactive" in a way which formerly was only possible with purely virtual, computer-based objects.

See also the following related items:

• Augmented Knight's Castle (project)
• BaToo - Barcode Recognition Toolkit (project)
• LOP - Location Oriented Programming (project)
• SPARK - Rapid Prototyping on Mobile Phones (project)

Participating Researchers

Gábor Sörös, Christian Floerkemeier, Christof Roduner, Robert Adelmann, Philipp Bolliger, Steve Hinske, Michael Rohs

Selected Publications

See the Publications of the Distributed Systems Group page for a full listing of our publications.

• Gábor Sörös, Christian Floerkemeier
  Poster: Towards Next Generation Barcode Scanning.
  Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia (MUM 2012), Ulm, Germany. December 2012
  Abstract, BibTeX, Paper (.pdf)
  Poster abstract. Download poster here
  
  
• Simon Mayer, Christian Beckel, Bram Scheidegger, Claude Barthels, Gábor Sörös
  Demo: Uncovering Device Whispers in Smart Homes.
  Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia (MUM 2012), Ulm, Germany. December 2012
  Abstract, BibTeX, Paper (.pdf)
  Demo abstract. Download poster here
  
  
• Gábor Sörös, Peter Rautek, Hartmut Seichter, Eduard Gröller
  Augmented Visualization with Natural Feature Tracking.
  Proceedings of the 10th ACM International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia (MUM 2011), Beijing, China. pp. 4-12, December 2011
  Abstract, BibTeX, Paper (.pdf)
  
  
• Iulia Ion, Marc Langheinrich, Ponnurangam Kumaraguru and Srdjan Capkun
  Influence of User Perception, Security Needs, and Social Factors on Device Pairing Method Choices.
  Proceedings of the Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS 2010). Redmond, WA, July 2010
  Abstract, BibTeX, Paper (.pdf)
  
  
• Robert Adelmann, Marc Langheinrich
  SPARK Rapid Prototyping Environment – Mobile Phone Development Made Easy.
  Proceedings of Intelligent Interactive Assistance and Mobile Multimedia Computing (IMC09). Rostock, Germany, November 2009
  BibTeX, Paper (.pdf)
  
  
• David H. Nguyen, Gabriela Marcu, Gillian R. Hayes, Khai N. Truong, James Scott, Marc Langheinrich, Christof Roduner
  Encountering SenseCam: Personal Recording Technologies in Everyday Life.
  Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp 2009), Orlando, FL, USA. ACM Press, pp. 165-174, New York, NY, USA, October 2009
  Abstract, BibTeX, Paper (.pdf)
  
  
• Dominique Guinard, Oliver Baecker, Florian Michahelles
  Supporting a Mobile Lost and Found Community.
  Proceedings of MobileHCI 2008 (ACM International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services). Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2008, September 2008
  BibTeX, Paper (.pdf)
  
  
• Philipp Bolliger, Moritz Köhler, Kay Römer
  Facet: Towards a Smart Camera Network of Mobile Phones.
  Proceedings of Autonomics 2007 (ACM First International Conference on Autonomic Computing and Communication Systems). Rome, Italy, October 2007
  Abstract, BibTeX, Paper (.pdf)
  
  
• Philipp Bolliger, Benedikt Ostermaier
  Koubachi: A Mobile Phone Widget to enable Affective Communication with Indoor Plants.
  Adjunct Proceedings of MobileHCI, Mobile Interaction with the Real World Workshop (MIRW 2007). Singapore, September 2007
  Abstract, BibTeX, Paper (.pdf)
  
  
• Christof Roduner, Marc Langheinrich, Christian Floerkemeier, Beat Schwarzentrub
  Operating Appliances with Mobile Phones – Strengths and Limits of a Universal Interaction Device.
  In: Anthony LaMarca, Marc Langheinrich, Khai Truong (Eds.): Pervasive Computing. 5th International Conference, PERVASIVE 2007, Toronto, Canada, May 13-16, 2007, Proceedings. LNCS, Vol. 4480, Springer, pp. 198-215, Berlin Heidelberg New York, May 2007
  Abstract, BibTeX, Paper (.pdf)
  
  
• Christian Frank, Philipp Bolliger, Christof Roduner, Wolfgang Kellerer
  Objects Calling Home: Locating Objects Using Mobile Phones.
  Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Pervasive Computing (Pervasive 2007). LNCS, Vol. 4480, Springer, Toronto, Canada, May 2007
  Abstract, BibTeX, Paper (.pdf)
  
  

Related Student Projects

The following table lists corresponding student projects in our group. Note that some descriptions will be in German.