Visible to the public Object-Oriented Interaction: Enabling Direct Physical Manipulation of Abstract Content via Objectification

TitleObject-Oriented Interaction: Enabling Direct Physical Manipulation of Abstract Content via Objectification
Publication TypeConference Paper
Year of Publication2016
AuthorsXia, Haijun
Conference NameProceedings of the 29th Annual Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology
PublisherACM
Conference LocationNew York, NY, USA
ISBN Number978-1-4503-4531-6
Keywordsattribute object, collection object, composability, confinement, Human Behavior, object-oriented interaction, pen and touch, pubcrawl, Resiliency
Abstract

Touch input promises intuitive interactions with digital content as it employs our experience of manipulating physical objects: digital content can be rotated, scaled, and translated using direct manipulation gestures. However, the reliance on analog also confines the scope of direct physical manipulation: the physical world provides no mechanism to interact with digital abstract content. As such, applications on touchscreen devices either only include limited functionalities or fallback on the traditional form-filling paradigm, which is tedious, slow, and error prone for touch input. My research focuses on designing a new UI framework to enable complex functionalities on touch screen devices by expanding direct physical manipulation to abstract content via objectification. I present two research projects, objectification of attributes and selection, which demonstrate considerable promises.

URLhttp://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2984751.2984784
DOI10.1145/2984751.2984784
Citation Keyxia_object-oriented_2016