Joakim Almgren
TableTopInteraction Lab (http://t2i.se/) at IDC, CSE, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Richard Carlsson
TableTopInteraction Lab (http://t2i.se/) at IDC, CSE, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Henrik Erkkonen
TableTopInteraction Lab (http://t2i.se/) at IDC, CSE, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Jonas Fredriksson
TableTopInteraction Lab (http://t2i.se/) at IDC, CSE, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Sanne Møller
TableTopInteraction Lab (http://t2i.se/) at IDC, CSE, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Henrik Rydgård
TableTopInteraction Lab (http://t2i.se/) at IDC, CSE, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Mattias Österberg
TableTopInteraction Lab (http://t2i.se/) at IDC, CSE, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Kristina Bötschi
Department of Psychology, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Benedikt Voegtli
HyperWerk, FHBB, Switzerland
Morten Fjeld
TableTopInteraction Lab (http://t2i.se/) at IDC, CSE, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
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Published in: SIGRAD 2005 The Annual SIGRAD Conference Special Theme - Mobile Graphics
Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings 16:4, p. 19-24
Published: 2005-11-23
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ISSN: 1650-3686 (print), 1650-3740 (online)
Augmented Chemistry (AC) is an application that utilizes a tangible user interface (TUI) for organic chemistry education. Based on the outcome of an extensive evaluation; we are in the process of extending the AC system. Firstly; for enhanced interaction; keyboard-free system configuration; and internal/external database (DB) access; a graphic user interface (GUI) has been incorporated into the TUI. Three-dimensional (3D) rendering has also been improved using shadows and related effects; thereby enhancing depth perception. Secondly; AC has been ported to different operating systems and is now compatible with Linux-; Windows-; and Mac OS X based platforms. This enables the use of a wider range of hardware: USB and Firewire (IEEE1394) cameras are now supported. Finally; system capacity to import and visualize molecules from an extensive XML-based DB has been realized. This gives users the ability to download and interact with any molecule up to a certain complexity.
Augmented Reality; Tangible User Interface; Education; Organic Chemistry; Octet Rule; GUI; TUI
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