This article reviews the research and evidence about multi-touch tables to provide an
analysis of their key design features and capabilities and how these might relate to their use …

Tables provide a large and natural interface for supporting direct manipulation of visual
content for human-to-human interactions. Such surfaces also support collaboration …

Designing collaborative interfaces for tabletops remains difficult because we do not fully
understand how groups coordinate their actions when working collaboratively over tables …

Multi-touch surfaces are becoming increasingly popular. An assumed benefit is that they can
facilitate collaborative interactions in co-located groups. In particular, being able to see …

Multi-touch tabletops have been much heralded as an innovative technology that can
facilitate new ways of group working. However, there is little evidence of these materialising …

What's An Input Device Anyway?................ 162Understanding Input Technologies..............
162Input Device Properties........................ 162Property sensed........................... 162Number of …

Multi-user interfaces are said to provide “natural” interaction in supporting collaboration,
compared to individual and noncolocated technologies. We identify three mechanisms …

We have recently begun to see hardware support for the tabletop user interface, offering a
number of new ways for humans to interact with computers. Tabletops offer great potential …

Computers designed for single use are often appropriated suboptimally when used by small
colocated groups working together. Our research investigates whether shareable interfaces …

Most interactive public displays currently rely on flat screens. This form factor impacts how
users (1) notice the public display (2) develop motivation and (3)(socially) interact with the …