Physical-Digital Affordances Group, University of Regensburg
The Physical-Digital Affordances Group at the University of Regensburg explores how the unique affordances of physical and digital media can be combined to enhance knowledge work and workflows (more about our goals).
The group is associated with the Chair of Media Informatics within the Department of Informatics and Data Science. It is led by Dr. Raphael Wimmer.
2023-09-06: Mensch und Computer 2023
PDA was part of the MuC again, the annual German flagship conference on Human-Computer-Interaction and Usability. (more...)
2023-09-05: Best Short Paper Award for CoShare at MuC '23
CoShare: a Multi-Pointer Collaborative Screen Sharing Tool received the Best Short Paper award at MuC '23, the annual German flagship conference on Human-Computer-Interaction and Usability. (more...)
2023-06-28: MIT Global Startup Labs at University of Regensburg
During July, a team from MIT will support Media Informatics students in developing the skills needed to found a successful startup. We will host the team at TechBase. (more...)
2023-05-25: Poster Presentation at WIDS'23
Nicole Schönwerth and Tina Emmert presented their master's research project “How Do Users Like Their Tangibles? — An Exploration of Interaction Techniques for Data Transfer with Everyday Objects” as a poster at the Women in Data Science conference at the University of Regensburg. (more...)
Application that allows creating screenshots of a computer screen by photographing it with a smartphone.
Measuring and understanding latency of computer systems
An interaction concept for customizable desktop environments and workflows
A Course for Teaching Interactive Hardware Prototyping to Computer Science Students
Absolute position tracking using the raw image of a mouse sensor
We modified a flatbed scanner by adding an infrared LED to its light guide. As the ink of most pens is invisible in the infrared spectrum, this scanner can be used to extract handwritten annotations from printed documents.
Enhancing interaction on tabletops via projected AR.
A dependency graph for learning contents.
Demonstrating SurfaceCast: Ubiquitous, Cross-Device Surface Sharing (November 05–08, 2023) Florian Echtler, Vitus Maierhöfer, Nicolai Brodersen Hansen, Raphael Wimmer
Measuring the Latency of Graphics Frameworks on X11-Based Systems (2023-04-23) Andreas Schmid, Raphael Wimmer
How Do Users Like Their Tangibles? — An Exploration of Interaction Techniques for Data Transfer with Everyday Objects (2023) Martina Emmert, Nicole Schönwerth, Andreas Schmid, Anton Alešik, Raphael Wimmer
Influence of Annotation Media on Proof-Reading Tasks (2023) Andreas Schmid, Marie Sautmann, Vera Wittmann, Florian Kaindl, Philipp Schauhuber, Philipp Gottschalk, Raphael Wimmer