Use cases and application scenarios for interactive tables
Over the course of the last few years, as part of the VIGITIA project, we have collected a wide range of ideas for possible use cases and application scenarios for interactive tabletops.
Some of the ideas listed below were already part of the VIGITIA scenario created in the initial phase of the project. The majority of the ideas presented below, however, have been developed as part of a participatory design process accompanying the technological development of our prototypes from 2020 to 2022. Thus, they result from our engagement with a broader public in the course of pop-up science exhibitions, an idea workshop with creative professionals, as well as an online survey on table usage. In addition, we added ideas that came up in internal brainstorming sessions in the PDA research group.
We already started categorizing the ideas collected - Click on one of the tags if you´re interested in a specific type of use case or application scenario. Or just browse through the list to get an overview.
If you have any questions about our collection of ideas or the participative design process they result from, feel free to contact Sarah Thanner (sarah.thanner@ur.de).
Settlers of Catan Game
Play "Settlers of Catan" with hexagonal tiles
Tags: gaming
augmented
Source: Echtler, F. (2018). SurfaceStreams: A Content-Agnostic Streaming Toolkit for Interactive Surfaces. The 31st Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology Adjunct Proceedings - UIST ’18 Adjunct, 10–12. https://doi.org/10.1145/3266037.3266085
Augmented Dining
Show ingredients and nutritional value next to the dish
Tags: food
augmented
information
health
Source: Echtler, F., & Wimmer, R. (2014). The Interactive Dining Table, or Pass the Weather Widget, Please. Proceedings of the Ninth ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces - ITS ’14, 419–422. https://doi.org/10.1145/2669485.2669525
Object information for children
Children can learn about objects by reading the projected information
Tags: learning
augmented
children
Source: Ergebnisbericht Pop-Up-Store Tabelle 2, siehe Gesprächsprotokolle (Rohdaten vorhanden)
Augmented chessboard
Display possible moves next to the chess pieces on the board
Tags: gaming
augmented
Source: Ergebnisbericht Pop-Up-Store Tabelle 3, siehe Gesprächsprotokolle (Rohdaten vorhanden)
Lego
Step-by-step instructions for Lego models
Tags: gaming
augmented
Source: Funk, M., Kosch, T., & Schmidt, A. (2016). Interactive worker assistance: Comparing the effects of in-situ projection, head-mounted displays, tablet, and paper instructions. Proceedings of the 2016 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing - UbiComp ’16, 934–939. https://doi.org/10.1145/2971648.2971706
Measure volume and weight of objects
Measure the volume and weight of an object and display the results
Tags: information
augmented
Source: Onlineumfrage „Tischnutzung im Alltag“ 2020, Ergebnisbericht Tabelle 14 (Rohdaten Zeile 80)
Product information
Display additional information on products that can be changed or fitted, e.g. jewelry or watches
Tags: augmented
information
Source: PopUp-Science-Ausstellung „VIGITIA meets DEGGINGER 2.0“, Prototype 1, 2021 (raw data available)
Project technical drawings
Project technical drawings onto metal objects
Tags: augmented
Source: PopUp-Science-Ausstellung „VIGITIA meets DEGGINGER 2.0“, Prototype 2, 2021 (raw data available)
Support sawing work
Support sawing work, e.g. project 3D models
Tags: augmented
crafts
create
Source: PopUp-Science-Ausstellung „VIGITIA meets DEGGINGER 2.0“, Prototype 2, 2021 (raw data available)
Building instructions
Recognize building components and provide step by step building instructions
Tags: tutorial
augmented
Source: PopUp-Science-Ausstellung „VIGITIA meets DEGGINGER“ 2020 (Rohdaten vorhanden)
Construction planning
Show helpful information for creating construction plans
Tags: work
planning
augmented
Source: PopUp-Science-Ausstellung „VIGITIA meets DEGGINGER“ 2020 (Rohdaten vorhanden)
Measure objects
Automatically display measurements of certain objects on a table
Tags: information
augmented
Source: PopUp-Science-Ausstellung „VIGITIA meets DEGGINGER“ 2020 (Rohdaten vorhanden)
Sorting process
Support sorting processes, e.g. when sorting small parts on a table or on an assembly line
Tags: augmented
work
Source: PopUp-Science-Ausstellung „VIGITIA meets DEGGINGER“ 2020 (Rohdaten vorhanden)
Support carpentry work
Project templates onto wooden material and flexibly adjust them when doing carpentry work
Tags: augmented
create
Source: PopUp-Science-Ausstellung „VIGITIA meets DEGGINGER“ 2020 (Rohdaten vorhanden)
Support pottery work
Project shapes onto ceramic material in order to cut it to size
Tags: augmented
crafts
create
Source: PopUp-Science-Ausstellung „VIGITIA meets DEGGINGER“ 2020 (Rohdaten vorhanden)
Support welding work
Project orientation marks on objects during welding work
Tags: augmented
crafts
create
Source: PopUp-Science-Ausstellung „VIGITIA meets DEGGINGER“ 2020 (Rohdaten vorhanden)
Learning foreign languages
Project the translated names of objects on the table to learn vocabulary. The words can be transferred to quizlet
Tags: learning
augmented
Source: PopUp-Science-Ausstellung „VIGITIA meets DEGGINGER“ 2020 (Rohdaten vorhanden))
Augmented Board Games
Track scores and support new players, display possible moves
Tags: gaming
augmented
Source: VIGITIA scenario (see https://vigitia.de/scenario)
Augmented sheet music
Highlight musical notes in sheet music
Tags: music
augmented
Source: VIGITIA scenario (see https://vigitia.de/scenario)
Coffee consumption
Record your coffee consumption
Tags: augmented
health
Source: random idea (UR)
Connecting objects and activities
If a certain object is placed on the table, a connected activity starts
Tags: augmented
system
tangibles
Source: random idea (UR)
Handcrafting instructions
Support handcrafting
Tags: augmented
arts
create
Source: random idea (UR)
Plant health
Show the health/detect diseases of a plant on the table
Tags: augmented
Source: random idea (UR)
Support sewing
Support sewing processes through projecting patterns and wrinkle lines on a fabric
Tags: augmented
crafts
create
Source: random idea (UR)