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).

Cooking tutorial

Display a cooking video to help you cook a dish step-by-step

Tags: cooking tutorial
Source: Onlineumfrage „Tischnutzung im Alltag“ 2020, Ergebnisbericht Tabelle 14 (Rohdaten Zeile 25)


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Projecting for baking support

Support baking by projecting shapes and cutout options onto dough

Tags: cooking baking
Source: PopUp-Science-Ausstellung „VIGITIA meets DEGGINGER 2.0“, Prototype 3, 2021 (raw data available)


Control stovetop

Manipulate your stovetop via a projected application on the table

Tags: cooking smart home
Source: PopUp-Science-Ausstellung „VIGITIA meets DEGGINGER“ 2020 (Rohdaten vorhanden)


Cooking recipes

Browse and display recipes on the table during cooking

Tags: cooking tutorial
Source: PopUp-Science-Ausstellung „VIGITIA meets DEGGINGER“ 2020 (Rohdaten vorhanden)


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Cooking stream

Share a video stream of the cooking process with others, e.g. in a restaurant

Tags: cooking sharing
Source: PopUp-Science-Ausstellung „VIGITIA meets DEGGINGER“ 2020 (Rohdaten vorhanden)


Cooking instructions for ingredients

Cooking instructions for ingredients which are recognised on the table.

Tags: cooking tutorial
Source: VIGITIA scenario (see https://vigitia.de/scenario)


Recipe suggestions for present ingredients

Place what you have on the table and you will get possible recipes

Tags: cooking
Source: random idea (UR)