Remote Drawing on Vertical Surfaces with a Self-Actuated Display

Abstract

Today, most digital devices are either stationary, often placed on horizontal surfaces like tables, or so-called mobile devices which are carried around by the user. In this demonstration we showcase our ongoing work on a novel type of self-actuated display. It can be placed on walls, or whiteboards and other arbitrarily oriented surfaces like ceilings. It is equipped with a whiteboard marker which allows the device to draw on surfaces it is attached to. In this work, we demonstrate the device's capabilities using an interactive scenario in which users are able to remotely control the self-actuated display to draw lines on a whiteboard. They control the device either by using their own smart phone or a provided tablet computer.