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November 2008 Calendar

CS Masters' Thesis Defense

Title: Investigation and Development of a Virtual User Interface Device
Speaker: Jonathan Angelo
Date: Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Location: GMCS 405
Thesis advisor: Dr Leland Beck

Abstract:
As new computer interfaces and applications are introduced, user interaction with them using current input devices can be troublesome. This research will investigate user interfaces and devices and develop a solution to help alleviate these problems.

A new device will be proposed called the Virtual Controller. The Virtual Controller will act as a standalone input device which allows for users to create customizable user interfaces per application. This controller implements a multi-touch interface. In order to have a multi-touch interface, a multi-touch framework called Java Multi-Touch (JMT), will be designed and developed. This framework will allow for applications to be written in Java that support multi-touch capabilities. This research hopes that with the introduction of this Virtual Controller, users will have new and more efficient way to interface with their computer.
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