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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Photo editing with physical filter tools

Edit pictures with physical filter tools.

Tags: pictures arts tangibles
Source: Brainstorming 21.06.2021 (RW)


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Physical magic lens as debug view

Use a physical magic lens as debug view.

Tags: tangibles work
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)


Count objects

Automatic recognition of the number of objects placed on the table

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


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Film editing

Move a tangible to edit and cut video material

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


Collage/Photomontage tool

Create scenes from pyhsical and projected elements, combine different „layers“ to a new image

Tags: scene tangibles arts
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)