The SDG Toolkit

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The SDG Toolkit

• Edward Tse and Saul Greenberg
• University of Calgary, Alberta
• Canada

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Single Display Groupware (SDG)
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Problems
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Message

• With the SDG Toolkit,
• programmers can achieve rapid prototyping
• of SDG applications by easily implementing
• core SDG functionalities

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First Experiences with SDG
Zanella and Greenberg, 2001
Greenberg, Boyle, LaBerge, 1999
Greenberg and Fitchett, 2001
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Related Work
MID
Phidgets
Pebbles
Bederson, et al., 1999
Myers, et al., 1998
Greenberg and Fitchett, 2001
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SDG Toolkit
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Core SDG Functionalities

• Obtaining Input
• Supporting Tables and Vertical Displays
• Multiple cursors
• Widget Layer

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Obtaining Input
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Supporting Tables and Vertical Displays
What is going on?
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Obtaining Input
Rotation Matrix
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Multiple Cursors
Cursor sdgCursors Cursors.Arrow,
Cursors.Hand String sdgText "Edward",
"Saul" int sdgDegreeRotations -90, 0 for
(int i0 i lt sdgManager1.Mice.Count i lt 2
i) sdgManager1.Micei.Cursor
sdgCursorsi sdgManager1.Micei.Text
sdgTexti sdgManager1.Micei.DegreeRotation
sdgDegreeRotationsi
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Why Existing Widgets are Problematic
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SDG Widget Layer
public class UserControl1 SdgUserControl
//Designer generated code private void
SdgMouseDown(object sender, SdgMouseEventArgs e)
if (e.ID gt 0) this.BackColor
Color.Red else this.BackColor Color.Blue

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SDG Widget Layer Example

• SDG Widgets

Diaz-Marino, Tse and Greenberg, (2003)
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SDG Flow Menu
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SDG Magic Lenses
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Diamond Touch Toolkit
Extending the SDG Toolkit
Diaz-Marino, Tse and Greenberg, (2003)
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Extending the SDG Toolkit
Digital Vision Technology
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Message

• With the SDG Toolkit,
• programmers can achieve rapid prototyping
• of SDG applications by easily implementing
• core SDG functionalities

Software available at http//grouplab.cpsc.ucalgar
y.ca
Thanks to NSERC, SMART Technologies, Alberta
Ingenuity and iCore for their financial support