Coeno is a computer enhanced face-to-face presentation environment
for discussions using tabletop technology
in combination with digital information. It offers a cooperative and social experience
by allowing multiple
participants to interact easily around a shared workspace, while also having
access to their own private
information spaces and a public presentation space. The first application area
that we are focusing on is
storyboarding. Designing a storyboard is a challenging task and demands a high
level of collaboration between
all participants. In most cases, people sit together around a table and discuss
the different sequences of a new
movie or animation.The implementation of an easy-to-use interface for large-displays
is a challenging task.
The Coeno- Storyboard interface consists of a ceiling and a wall-mounted projector
showing data on a table surface
and
adjacent wall.
These projectors are connected to a single display computer. Users
can sit at the table and bring
their own laptop or tablet PC computers that can be wireless connected to the
display server. So there are
three display spaces):
Private Space
The user’s laptop screen.
Design Space
The shared table surface, only visible to those sitting
around the table
Presentation Space
The wall projected display, visible to all the people
in the room.
There is no limit to how many clients can connect simultaneously
to the Coeno system, thus the amount of
participants depends on the space around the table. In the Storyboard application
users can create imagery
(e.g. scenario sequences, scribbles, 3d content) on their
own personal computers (Private Space), move them to
the Design Space for discussion, and then to the
Presentation Space for final organization. The research
challenge is to design interaction techniques so that these
three spaces are seamlessly connected and that
interacting with the data does not prevent normal face-to-face collaboration.
Publications
Coeno, Enhancing
face-to-face collaboration, Haller M., Billinghurst
M., Leithinger D.,
Leitner J., Seifried T., in 15th International Conference on Artificial Reality
and Telexistence,
ICAT 2005, Dec. 5-8, 2005, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Coeno-Storyboard:
An Augmented Surface for Storyboard Presentations, Haller
M.,
Leithinger D., Leitner J., Seifried T., Mensch & Computer 2005, September
4-7, 2005, Linz,
Austria.
An augmented surface
environment for storyboard presentations, Haller M.,
Leithinger D., Leitner J., Seifried T., ACM SIGGRAPH 2005, Poster Session, August,
2005, Los Angeles, USA.
Additional Data
Coeno setup
Hyper-dragging metaphor
Mobile
devices for an intuitive interaction with data sets
