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Rapid prototyping of distributed user interfaces

Profile image of Jean VanderdoncktJean Vanderdonckt

2007

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5820-2_12
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Abstract

This paper introduces a software tool for rapid prototyping of interactive systems whose user interfaces could be distributed according to four axes defined in a design space: type of computing platform, amount of interaction surfaces, type of interaction surface, and type of user interface. This software is based on a virtual toolkit for rendering the user interfaces in a virtual world depicting the real world in which the distribution occurs.

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