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To Frame or Not to Frame: The Role and Design of Frameless Displays in Ubiquitous Applications

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UbiComp 2005: Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp 2005)

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A frameless display is a display with no perceptible boundaries; it appears to be embodied in the physical world. Frameless displays are created by projecting visual elements on a black background into a physical environment. By considering visual arts and design theory together with our own experience building about a dozen applications, we argue the importance of this technique in creating ubiquitous computer applications that are truly contextualized in the physical world. Nine different examples using frameless displays are described, providing the background for a systematization of frameless displays pros and cons, together with a basic set of usage guidelines. The paper also discusses the differences and constraints on user interaction with visual elements in a frameless display.

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  1. IBM Research, T.J. Watson, 19 Skyline Drive, Hawthorne, New York, 10532, USA

    Claudio Pinhanez & Mark Podlaseck

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  1. Distributed and Ubiquitous Systems, Muehlenpfordtstr. 23, 38106, Braunschweig, Germany

    Michael Beigl

  2. House_n, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, One Cambridge Center, 4FL, 02142, Cambridge, MA, USA

    Stephen Intille

  3. Interaction Laboratory, Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc., 3-14-13 Higashigotanda, Shinagawa-ku, 141-0022, Tokyo, Japan

    Jun Rekimoto

  4. Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University, 5322, Endo, Fujisawa, 252-8520, Kanagawa, Japan

    Hideyuki Tokuda

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Pinhanez, C., Podlaseck, M. (2005). To Frame or Not to Frame: The Role and Design of Frameless Displays in Ubiquitous Applications. In: Beigl, M., Intille, S., Rekimoto, J., Tokuda, H. (eds) UbiComp 2005: Ubiquitous Computing. UbiComp 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3660. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11551201_20

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