Papers
	UIST 97 Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology Banff, Alberta, Canada 14-17 October 1997 1997 AC 193kb The metaDESK: Models and Prototypes for Tangible User Interfaces Brygg Ullmer and Hiroshi Ishii Tangible Media Group MIT Media Laboratory 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA {ullmer, ishii}@media.mit.edu ABSTRACT The metaDESK is a user interface platform demonstrating new interaction techniques we call “tangible user inter-faces.” We explore the physical instantiation of interface elements from the graphical user interface paradigm, giving physical form to windows, icons, handles, menus, and controls. The design and implementation of the metaDESK display, sensor, and software architectures is discussed. A prototype application driving an interaction with geographi-cal space, Tangible Geospace, is presented to demonstrate these concepts.