gCubik+i Virtual 3D Aquarium: Interfacing a Graspable 3d Display with a Tabletop Display

We propose gCubik+i as a new interactive platform that naturally interfaces a 3D display with a tabletop display. The proposed platform is suitable for group collaboration and it introduces two novel interaction paradigms to existing tabletop display applications: 1) natural switching between the shared working spaces of the table and the users’ hands; and 2) transforming static 2D images into interactive 3D images that can be viewed and manipulated as if holding a real object. This paper describes the conceptual design and prototype implementation of the gCubik+i platform along with a description of its 3D virtual aquarium application.

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