Generalized List Controls

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Generalized List Controls

• Steven Drucker
• Microsoft Research

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The Next Media Research Group

• Creating novel experiences for interacting with
  media.

Steven M. Drucker Lead Researcher Next Media
Research Group
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Generalized List Control

• DEMO

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Generalized List Widget
Joint work with Kentaro Toyama

• Parameters
• 1D parameterized manifold in 3D
• notch point
• closed vs. open path
• inter-item spacing
• may be per item

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Generalized List Control
Item Orientation
3 degrees of freedom for orientation. Can be
specified manually or automatically in
relationship to points, axes, planes, and/or
path. Some options for item orientation
Fixed
Tangent to Path
Facing Viewer
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Generalized List Control
Hit Behavior
Smooth many-to-one mapping of plane to 1D path in
3D is impossible without singularities. Possible
solutions Straightforward mapping ignore
singularities Use of dynamic springs Approximate
mappings
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Spectator (original concept video)
Web community based on Spectator enabled games

• Voice / video chat is available through
  broadband connections. People would enjoy being
  able to go to any network based game to observe
  the action, meet friends in that space and chat.
  Highlights of popular games would be featured on
  a broadband/television show featuring exciting
  action from popular games and generating "fame"
  possibilities for expert players. Spectator
  capabilities would be enabled for most games
  allowing seamless movement to observe across a
  wide variety of game types.

VIDEO
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Questions?

• Steven Drucker
• sdrucker_at_microsoft.com