egakuJenn Yoon, Kimiko Ryokai, Chad Dyner, Jason Alonso, Umberto Malesci, Tyler Johnson, and Professor Hiroshi Ishii / 2003
egaku
is a tabletop user interface designed to enhance the ideation process with seamless
image management tools. Designers sketch ideas as the system captures high-resolution
images of the sketches and organizes them in a transparent image management structure.
The system’s ability to determine and recognize layer associations allows users
to quickly and intuitively visualize, retrieve, navigate through, and switch between
layers of information without the hassle of traversing through multiple sheets
of paper.
With its strong emphasis on maintaining and enhancing the natural affordances
of physical tracing paper, egaku allows users to overlay multiple digital translucent
images to compose and compare different designs.
Please email Jenn Yoon at jennyoon@media.mit.edu
if you have questions about egaku.