MK RY iSpace Retreat Blue Sky ideas

iSpace RetreatBlue-Sky Brainstorming : iSpace Retreat Blue-Sky Brainstorming Manu Kumar (sneaker@stanford.edu) Ron Yeh (ronyeh@stanford.edu)


Warning! : Warning! Several of these ideas were entered into our idealog after several drinks at CHI  Not limited by concerns of 'practicality' Hence Blue-sky!


Idea #1: Kill the mouse (C.A.T) : Idea #1: Kill the mouse (C.A.T) C.A.T. Cornea Assisted Tracking Concept: Use multiple camera mounted on a notebook/display to track users eye and face movements Triangulate between pupils and nose Issues: Implicit vs. Explicit interaction Mouse doesn’t track your eyes, until you press a key on the keyboard Clicking may be a key on the keyboard (reduce homing-time) Precision, Calibration, People with glasses, Viewing angle, Size of screen, Field of view. Related Research: BlueEye by IBM, Ron’s quick literature search…


Idea #2: Still kill the mouse… : Idea #2: Still kill the mouse… BorgPoint Laser pointer on a notebook Concept: Use head (eyeglass mounted) head lasers to point to the screen Detection of the laser pointer on the surface of the display Mouse pointer tracks lasers for feedback Issues: Encumbers user by requiring a physical devices Requires fine-controlled head-movement Instrument screens to detect pointing precisely Related Research: Lumipoint – Several years at Stanford Laser Pointer + Big Screen


Idea #3: Non-virtual Communities : Idea #3: Non-virtual Communities Using technology to encourage in-person social interaction Concept: Reverse the trends for 'virtual communities' Use technology to facilitate 'real communities' Scenario #1: Visitors to CHI carrying wireless PDAs able to instantly lookup 'public' information about each other 'matching algorithm' based on users preferences to suggest who to meet. Alert users based on proximity Related Research/Ideas: Friendster, Love Getty


Idea #4: TenUI : Idea #4: TenUI Thought enhanced User-Interfaces Flow/Organization of information based on how each person thinks – personalized. Concept: Use an interface similar to Brain in order to organize not only thoughts, but email, calendar, contacts files Unified interface for: Outlook + Internet Explorer + Windows Explorer + IM + Photos? Issues: May not be hci-research other than 'usability testing' and 'systems' (Product vs. Research) Related Research Brain, Microsoft?


Idea #5: Blog/WIKI views : Idea #5: Blog/WIKI views Add personalized temporal views to Blogs/Wikis in order to make it easier in order to look at 'new' information Concept: Automated approach of collating and displaying information that is 'new-to-you' Another idea: Blogger + Sparrow + WebDAV Issues: Are Blogging/WIKIs etc popular enough to make it worthwhile? Related Research Personalization engines using cookies Sparrow


Still brainstorming… : Still brainstorming… These were 5 out of about 20+ crazy ideas…