Designing interfaces or applications that move beyond the bounds of a single device screen
enables new ways to engage with digital content. Research addressing the opportunities …

Abstract Near Field Communication (NFC) as a promising short range wireless
communication technology facilitates mobile phone usage of billions of people throughout …

This paper addresses the Internet of Things. Main enabling factor of this promising paradigm
is the integration of several technologies and communications solutions. Identification and …

Systems, apparatuses and methods provide for detecting the proximate placement of an
external NFC reader to a specific location on a display surface. The display surface can be …

The advancement of ubiquitous computing technologies has greatly improved the
availability of digital resources in the real world. Here, the authors investigate mobile …

Large and public displays mostly provide little interactivity due to technical constraints,
making it difficult for people to capture interesting information or to influence the screen's …

People increasingly use smartwatches in tandem with other devices such as smartphones,
laptops or tablets. This allows for novel cross-device applications that use the watch as both …

Gestures can offer an intuitive way to interact with a computer. In this paper, we investigate
the question whether gesturing with a mobile phone can help to perform complex tasks …

Natural forms of interaction have evolved for personal devices that we carry with us
(mobiles) as well as for shared interactive displays around us (surfaces) but interaction …

We introduce AirLink, a novel technique for sharing files between multiple devices. By
waving a hand from one device towards another, users can directly transfer files between …