The PenTable system combines a digital tabletop with standard PC interfaces like keyboard, mouse and LCD display for a multi-purpose workplace. In the setup, the digital tabletop is utilized as a peripheral display and direct pen input device. The thesis describes design and applications of PenTable and provides a detailed description of a special user-drawn…
Neon Racer is a multi-user Augmented Reality (AR) racing game adapting the simple and powerful gameplay of racing games to an AR tabletop setting. The game combines an intuitive and tangible interface with quality content. In this demo we explore how a rich gaming experience can be created by using only a limited amount of…
PenWars is a real time strategy game, where players can draw tanks using a pen-interface in a tabletop environment in order to compete against the opponent’s units. The only resource available to the players is a certain amount of digital ink for each participant, which effects the number and sizes of the units created. The…
IncreTable is a tabletop game inspired by the Incredible Machine. It provides a multi-modal interaction based on a bi-directional projection tabletop, digital pens, a depth camera, and custom-made physical objects, while attracting users for an active participation in creating content which diffuses the boundary between the real and virtual world. Inspired by the Incredible Machine,…
Comino is a collaborative game for up to four players. In Comino the players have to solve puzzles using virtual and real domino blocks and custom built physical interfaces in order to complete the different levels. Using the wireless pen-interface and special tangible menus, players can “draw” lines of virtual domino blocks in order to…