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).

Result presentation

Present results of work by individuals and groups to others on different tables

Tags: presentating sharing collaboration
Source: PopUp-Science-Ausstellung „VIGITIA meets DEGGINGER 2.0“, Prototype 1, 2021 (raw data available)


Share feedback

Share your feedback, e.g. in class, with others and project it onto a nearby wall

Tags: presentating sharing collaboration
Source: PopUp-Science-Ausstellung „VIGITIA meets DEGGINGER 2.0“, Prototype 1, 2021 (raw data available)


Collaborative drawing

Digitally draw on the table together with other people, e.g. with your fingers, and share your drawings with others

Tags: collaboration drawing arts sharing
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)


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Education support

Virtually link students’ and teacher’s tables and mirror what the teacher shows or what the students do, e.g. in school, professional training, workshops or medical as well as technical training

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


Games night

Play board games with friends and family who are at other locations by mirroring the board and game pieces on the tables

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


Mirror documents

Mirror documents on the tables of people in different locations during online conferences

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


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Telepresence mode

Telepresence mode for mirroring objects on other tables.

Tags: telepresence sharing
Source: VIGITIA scenario (see https://vigitia.de/scenario)