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.
2022-10-21: Showcasing our research at Nacht Schafft Wissen '22
Open Lab Day with tours and demonstrations (more...)
2022-10-05: VIGITIA meets Degginger 4.0 - Recap
We are looking back on an exciting and insightful week at the Culture and Creative Center Degginger. (more...)
Sarah Thanner gave a talk with the title A hand is a hand is a hand is a table? On the (re)configuration of future choreographies at the 8th conference of the section Digitization in Everyday Life of the German Association of Cultural Anthropology and Folklore Studies (DGEKW) Digital Futures in the Making: Imaginaries, Politics, and Materialities at University of Hamburg. (more...)
2022-09-15: Visit by mayor Getrud Maltz-Schwarzfischer
As our rental agreement at the Techbase Regensburg was renewed, we got a visit by the mayor of Regensburg, Gertrud Maltz-Schwarzfischer. (more...)
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.
ScreenshotMatcher - Taking Smartphone Photos to Capture Screenshots (2021-09-06) Andreas Schmid, Thomas Fischer, Alexander Weichart, Alexander Hartmann, Raphael Wimmer
Approaching code as process: Prototyping ethnographic methodologies (2021-07-21) Rebecca Carlson, Ruth Dorothea Eggel, Lina Franken, Sarah Thanner, Libuše Hannah Vepřek
Sketchable Interaction: Drawing User Interfaces with Interactive Regions (2021-05-08) Jürgen Hahn, Raphael Wimmer
Yet Another Latency Measuring Device (2021-04-10) Andreas Schmid, Raphael Wimmer