FlowTransfer is a collection of bidirectional data transfer techniques between mobile phones and large vertical displays that leverage the phone’s position and orientation.
Currently deployed content sharing techniques between mobile phones and large displays are cumbersome. For example, techniques such as QR codes usually require users to perform a non-intuitive sequence of individual interaction steps. Also, wireless techniques (e.g., Bluetooth or WiFi) generally do not allow users to specify a target position for transferred items, causing issues with large displays and multiuser settings.
FlowTransfer is a collection of five techniques that explore different aspects of multi-device data transfer while assuming that the mobile phone’s position and orientation are known. We consider interaction at different distances as well as supporting multi-item transfer. In addition, we incorporate layout support: Both precise and casual layouts can be generated while transferring to the large display, and layouts can be copied as-is from the large display to the mobile device.
Watch the video on YouTube. This video illustrates the concepts and the developed prototype of FlowTransfer.
Techniques
FlickTransfer: State-of-the-art technique for single-item transfer
JetTransfer: Rough and casual positioning for multi-item transfer
LayoutTransfer: Simultaneous transfer and arrangement of multiple items
SnapshotTransfer: Transfer multiple items and their layout
RevealingTransfer: Combination of techniques, metadata-based transfer
Publications
@inbook{fixme,
author = {Ricardo Langner and Ulrich von Zadow and Tom Horak and Annett Mitschick and Raimund Dachselt},
title = {Content Sharing Between Spatially-Aware Mobile Phones and Large Vertical Displays Supporting Collaborative Work},
booktitle = {Collaboration Meets Interactive Spaces},
year = {2016},
month = {12},
isbn = {978-3-319-45852-6},
pages = {75--96},
numpages = {23},
doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-45853-3_5},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45853-3_5},
publisher = {Springer International Publishing}
}
@article{,
author = {Wolfgang B\"{u}schel and Ricardo Langner and Ulrich von Zadow and Tom Horak and Raimund Dachselt},
title = {Towards Cross-Surface Content Sharing Between Mobile Devices and Large Displays in the Wild},
booktitle = {CHI 2016 Workshop on Interacting with Multi-Device Ecologies "'in the Wild"'},
year = {2016},
month = {5},
location = {San Jose, CA, USA},
numpages = {5}
}