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.
2023-06-28: 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...)
2023-04-28: Raphael Wimmer awarded the Prize for Excellence in Teaching 2022
One of 15 Bavarian educators who received this prize for extraordinary effort and results in teaching in higher education. (more...)
2023-04-26: GraphIT - was man alles mit einem Abhängigkeitsgraph für Lerninhalte machen kann
Raphael Wimmer gave a Lightning Talk about the upcoming project at University:Future Festival. (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.
A dependency graph for learning contents.
Effects of Text Input Latency on Performance and Task Load (2023) Andreas Schmid, Michael Bierschneider, Johannes Hoffmann, Yu Liu, 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
From Trash to Treasure: Experiences from Building Tangible Artifacts out of Discarded Components (2023) Andreas Schmid, Alexander Kalus, Raphael Wimmer