Media Computing Group: Our Research Landscape
In HCI@Aachen: Experiments in the Future of Media and Mobility (PDF, 2.6 MB) we present the Media Computing Group at RWTH Aachen University and its goal to explore the future of collaborative, ubiquitous interaction with audiovisual media. It explains how this initial research vision has led to work on the levels of HCI theory, algorithms, toolkits, testbeds, and design patterns.It also introduces some of our external collaborations, in particular the Excellence Initiative, Germany’s most fundamental change in government research funding to date, which supports RWTH and our group. The article appeared in the CHI 2008 Extended Abstracts.
Vision: New Interactions With Ubiquitous Media
Summary matrix of our 3 research directions and 4 contribution levels, with project names in each cell:| Requires work on: | Audiovisual Aspects | Ubiquitous Aspects | Collaborative Aspects |
|---|---|---|---|
| Theories & Algorithms | PhaVoRIT Semantic Time DRAGON | TWEND Selexels Design Space of Mobile Input Haptic Languages | Social Proxemics AudioSpace |
| Toolkits | Semantic Time Framework | LumiNet Multitouch Framework iStuff Mobile | SLAP iStuff |
| Testbeds | Personal Orchestra Corona REXband DiMaß DiskPlay | Aixplorer REXplorer Associative PDA Snowboard Assistant | Fly Aachen Media Space HumTec Spaces Table Lemmings The Logistics Table |
| Patterns | Design Patterns for Interactive Exhibits | Pattern Language for Interactive Tabletops | Media Space Design Patterns |
Exhibits
Some of our research projects are exhibited in museums or as city guides:- Route Charlemagne, city-wide exhibit, Aachen, Germany (2008-present)
- Regensburg EXperience, city-wide exhibit, Regensburg, Germany (2005-present)
- Personal Orchestra 3: Maestro!, The Betty Brinn Children's Museum, Boston, USA (2003-2006)
- Personal Orchestra 2: You're the Conductor, The Children's Museum, Boston, USA (2002-2003)
- Personal Orchestra 1: The Virtual Conductor, The Children's Museum, Boston, USA (1998-2000)