A Short Ride on the Reality- Virtuality Continuum Ehud Sharlin Interactions Lab, University of Calgary

The Reality—Virtuality Continuum Real Environment Virtual Environment Mixed Reality “A Taxonomy of Mixed Reality Visual Displays” Paul Milgram and Fumio Kishino, 1994 User interfaces: discrete points along the continuum

The MagicBook—Moving Seamlessly between Reality and Virtuality; Mark Billinghurst et al., 2001 Virtual Environment Mixed Reality Real Environment

A Wireless inexpensive optical tracker for the CAVE (IEEE VR 2000) VbVb VfVf UfUf

Buildings number increases steadily...with this Match this... The Cognitive Map Probe (CMP)

CMP virtual drivethrough

CMP physical interaction

CMP: similarity young elderly AD

Cognitive Cubes (2002)...with thisMatch this...

Cognitive Cubes : Similarity

Goal: physical direct drawing in 3D space Augmentation of the classic drawing board 3D tabletop interface Tactile support Physical reference system Drawing in Space using the 3D Tractus (2005)

3D Tractus Applications: 3D sketch-based interfaces 3D curve input and surface modeling Medical imaging and analysis

Height sensor: String pot Modular aluminum framing components The Industrial Erector Set® Surface interface: Tablet or tablet PC 3D Tractus design:

Robots as physical interfaces: Sony Aibo (ERS-7M2)

Designing human-robot interaction using the Aibo Direct interaction: Aibo Mind2 Aibo Entertainment Player R-CODE (macro programming) Remote Framework (wireless) OPEN-R (comprehensive C++) CMU’s Tekkotsu Framework

Socially acceptable information-supporting robotic partner Iolaus: a sociable robotic interface (2005)

Take a walk on the Reality— Virtuality Continuum… Real Environment Virtual Environment Mixed Reality Thank you.