@inproceedings{62367b1a615342daa2b26d1cd464d8f1,
title = "GaussBits: Magnetic tangible bits for portable and occlusion-free near-surface interactions",
abstract = "We present GaussBits, which is a system of the passive magnetic tangible designs that enables 3D tangible interactions in the near-surface space of portable displays. When a thin magnetic sensor grid is attached to the back of the display, the 3D position and partial 3D orientation of the GaussBits can be resolved by the proposed bi-polar magnetic field tracking technique. This portable platform can therefore enrich tangible interactions by extending the design space to the nearsurface space. Since non-ferrous materials, such as the user's hand, do not occlude the magnetic field, interaction designers can freely incorporate a magnetic unit into an appropriately shaped non-ferrous object to exploit the metaphors of the real-world tasks, and users can freely manipulate the Gauss-Bits by hands or using other non-ferrous tools without causing interference. The presented example applications and the collected feedback from an explorative workshop revealed that this new approach is widely applicable. .",
keywords = "Magnetism, Near-surface tracking, Occlusion-free, Portable, Tangible interactions",
author = "Liang, {Rong Hao} and Cheng, {Kai Yin} and Liwei Chan and Peng, {Chuan Xhyuan} and Chen, {Mike Y.} and Liang, {Rung Huei} and Yang, {De Nian} and Chen, {Bing Yu}",
year = "2013",
month = may,
day = "27",
doi = "10.1145/2470654.2466185",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781450318990",
series = "Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings",
pages = "1391--1400",
booktitle = "CHI 2013",
note = "31st Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Changing Perspectives, CHI 2013 ; Conference date: 27-04-2013 Through 02-05-2013",
}