Active Home EntertAinment Desk (Student Project)

The Active Home EntertAinment Desk (AHEAD) is a universal multi-user tabletop media navigation and control system for the living room. It consists of actuated (robotic) and passive tangible objects used on a large interactive surface (Samsung SUR40). With AHEAD, users can browse, navigate and control available media data and devices, implementing the Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) standard, such as modern televisions and other media devices. Thereby our system is compatible with most current television sets and home entertainment systems and acts as a universal control for several multimedia devices.

It is also usable by multiple users simultaneously and combines the strengths of interactive surfaces and tangible tabletop systems. The first prototype of AHEAD was developed using a 22” multi-touch display by 3M, and was later ported to a SUR40 device. Both implementations as well as their interaction design are presented and discussed in this paper.

Student Participants

  • Birte Carlmeyer
  • Viktor Richter
  • Thomas Schöpping

Supervisors

  • Eckard Riedenklau
  • René Tünnermann

Project Details

Date: Jun 1, 2012

Author: Eckard Riedenklau

Website:

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Support

This work was supported by the
Cluster of Excellence Cognitive Interaction Technology (CITEC)
https://www.cit-ec.de/