SmoothMoves: smooth pursuits head movements for augmented reality.
Conference Proceeding
Abreu Esteves, A., Verweij, D., Suraiya, L., Islam, R., Lee, Y., & Oakley, I. (2017)
SmoothMoves: smooth pursuits head movements for augmented reality. In UIST '17 Proceedings of the 30th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, (167-178). https://doi.org/10.1145/3126594.3126616
SmoothMoves is an interaction technique for augmented reality (AR) based on smooth pursuits head movements. It works by computing correlations between the movements of on-scre...
Fall of Humans: Interactive tabletop games and transmedia storytelling.
Conference Proceeding
Dionisio, M., Gujaran, A., Pinto, M., & Esteves, A. (2015)
Fall of Humans: Interactive tabletop games and transmedia storytelling. In Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Interactive Tabletops & Surfaces, (401-404). https://doi.org/10.1145/2817721.2823477
This paper illustrates how transmedia storytelling can help introduce players to interactive tabletop games. To do so, we developed Fall of Humans (FoH), an experience that ta...
Mementos: a tangible interface supporting travel
Conference Proceeding
Esteves, A., & Oakley, I. (2010)
Mementos: a tangible interface supporting travel. In Proceedings of the 6th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Extending Boundaries, 643-646. https://doi.org/10.1145/1868914.1868994
Tangible interaction promises interfaces with ready affordances, which embrace physicality and which naturally support collaboration. However, the complexity of the hardware r...
A Look at the Effects of Handheld and Projected Augmented-reality on a Collaborative Task
Conference Proceeding
Mackamul, E. B., & Esteves, A. (2018)
A Look at the Effects of Handheld and Projected Augmented-reality on a Collaborative Task. In SUI '18 Symposium on Spatial User Interactionhttps://doi.org/10.1145/3267782.3267793
This paper presents a comparative study between two popular AR systems during a collocated collaborative task. The goal of the study is to start a body of knowledge that descr...
Supporting offline activities on interactive surfaces
Conference Proceeding
Esteves, A., Scott, M., & Oakley, I. (2013)
Supporting offline activities on interactive surfaces. In TEI 2013 - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction, 147-154. https://doi.org/10.1145/2460625.2460648
This paper argues that inherent support for offline activities -- activities that are not sensed by the system -- is one of strongest benefits of tangible interaction over mor...
TraceMatch: a computer vision technique for user input by tracing of animated controls
Conference Proceeding
Esteves>, A., Clarke, C., Bellino, A., Esteves, A., Velloso, E., & Gellersen, H. (2016)
TraceMatch: a computer vision technique for user input by tracing of animated controls. In UbiComp '16 Proceedings of the 2016 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing, (298-303). https://doi.org/10.1145/2971648.2971714
Recent works have explored the concept of movement correlation interfaces, in which moving objects can be selected by matching the movement of the input device to that of the ...
Physical games or digital games?: comparing support for mental projection in tangible and virtual representations of a problem-solving task
Conference Proceeding
Esteves, A., van den Hoven, E., & Oakley, I. (2013)
Physical games or digital games?: comparing support for mental projection in tangible and virtual representations of a problem-solving task. In TEI '13 Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction, 167-174. https://doi.org/10.1145/2460625.2460651
This paper explores how different interfaces to a problem-solving task affect how users perform it. Specifically, it focuses on a customized version of the game of Four-in-a-r...
Wattom: Ambient Eco-feedback with Mid-air Input
Conference Proceeding
Esteves, A., Quintal, F., Caires, F., Baptista, V., & Mendes, P. (2019)
Wattom: Ambient Eco-feedback with Mid-air Input. In 2019 5th Experiment International Conference (exp.at'19)https://doi.org/10.1109/EXPAT.2019.8876565
This paper presents Wattom, a highly interactive ambient eco-feedback smart plug that aims to promote a more sustainable use of electricity in the home. This paper describes o...