Abstract
In this paper, we describe Rasa: an environment designed to augment, rather than replace, the work habits of its users. These work habits include drawing on Post-itô notes using a symbolic language. Rasa observes and understands this language, assigning meaning simultaneously to objects in both the physical and virtual worlds. With Rasa, users rollout a paper map, register it, and move the augmented objects from one place to another on it. Once an object is augmented, users can modify the meaning represented by it, ask questions about that representation, view it in virtual reality, or give directions to it, all with speech and gestures. We examine the way Rasa uses language to augment objects, and compare it with prior methods, arguing that language is a more visible, flexible, and comprehensible method for creating augmentations than other approaches.
Original language | English |
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Pages | 71-80 |
Number of pages | 10 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Apr 2000 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | Conference on Designing Augmented Reality Environments, DARE 2000 - Elsinore, Denmark Duration: 12 Apr 2000 → 14 Apr 2000 |
Conference
Conference | Conference on Designing Augmented Reality Environments, DARE 2000 |
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Country/Territory | Denmark |
City | Elsinore |
Period | 12/04/00 → 14/04/00 |
Keywords
- Augmented reality
- Invisible interfaces
- Mixed reality
- Multimodal interfaces
- Phicons
- Tangible interfaces
- Ubiquitous computing