The Geometer’s Workbench: An Experiment in Interacting with a Large, High Resolution Display

We describe the Geometer’s Workbench, a graphical front end for Mathematica running on the Interactive Mural, a large high resolution display. Our system bridges the gap between casual whiteboard interaction and the more formal use of a tool like Mathematica. We anticipate that the experience gained from designing and testing such a tool can be generalized to a large class of technical and scientific applications that use large, high resolution displays.

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