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).

Activate tools

Activate tools by placing a specific combination of objects on the table

Tags: interaction tangibles system
Source: Brainstorming 21.06.2021 (RW)


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QR codes

Use QR codes for adding new features and associating objects with them

Tags: tangibles system
Source: Brainstorming 21.06.2021 (RW)


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Talk to your table

Talk to your table via an integrated voice assistant

Tags: interaction system
Source: Onlineumfrage „Tischnutzung im Alltag“ 2020, Ergebnisbericht Tabelle 14 (Rohdaten Zeile 245)


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Interactive tour

Interactive tour through the features of the system.

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


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Sketchable interaction

see paper of Jürgen Hahn

Tags: system
Source: Wimmer, R., & Hahn, J. (2018). A Concept for Sketchable Workspaces and Workflows.


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)