Project: Our Pop-Up Christmas card for 2020

Status: finished

Runtime: 18.11.2020 - 11.12.2020

Participants: Raphael Wimmer, Vitus Maierhöfer, Alexander Weichart, Marie Sautmann, Philipp Huber

Keywords: Weihnachten, Weihnachtskarte

Project: CovPass-Scanner: a dedicated solution for COVID-19 certificate scanning

Dedicated solution for COVID-19 certificate scanning.

Status: finished

Runtime: 2021 - 2022

Participants: Raphael Wimmer, Thomas Fischer, Vitus Maierhöfer

Keywords: computer vision, raspberry pi, COVID-19

Project: Anoto Reverse Engineering

Getting Anoto pens working on Linux

Status: cancelled

Runtime: 2017 - 2017

Participants: Andreas Schmid, Raphael Wimmer

Keywords: anoto, linux, reverse_engineering

Project: BirdsEye: Capturing top-view images of tabletop usage

A toolkit for capturing and analyzing tabletop usage.

Status: ongoing

Runtime: 2020-05-01 -

Participants: Vitus Maierhöfer, Sarah Thanner, Raphael Wimmer

Keywords: BirdsEye, study, tables, everyday life

Project: Our Video Christmas card for 2023

We upcycled leftover stock from an advertising campaign to design our Christmas cards for 2023.

Status: finished

Runtime: 2023-11-30 - 2012-12-20

Participants: Raphael Wimmer, Andreas Schmid, Vitus Maierhöfer, Nicole Schönwerth, Leonie Schrod, Marie Sautmann, Martina Emmert

Keywords: Weihnachten, Weihnachtskarte

Project: CoShare: a Multi-Pointer Collaborative Screen Sharing Tool

CoShare, a proof-of-concept implementation for a novel approach to computer-supported remote collaboration

Status: ongoing

Runtime: 2021 -

Participants: Martina Emmert, Andreas Schmid, Raphael Wimmer, Niels Henze

Keywords:

Project: Custom HTML Editor for an internal Content Management Scenario

A previewable editor for facilitating a specific content management task at the University of Regensburg.

Status: completed

Runtime: 2020 - 2020

Participants: Felix Riedl, Raphael Wimmer

Keywords: editor, digital_university

Project: Prototype deployment in the Degginger Cafe

Imagine you go out to eat and an “intelligent” table shows you the menu and informs you about the origin of the products. Or maybe it lets you bridge the waiting time for your meal with a little game. With our VIGITIA prototype we explore these and other ideas at the Degginger Cafe in Regensburg

Status: ongoing

Runtime: 2021-02-23 -

Participants: Vitus Maierhöfer, Sarah Thanner, Marie Laufkötter, Robert Bosek, Quirin Wittmann

Keywords: participatory design, degginger

Project: Digital Tools for Universities

Beside our research on new tools and technologies for human-computer interaction, we have developed various tools together with and for the administration of the University of Regensburg. This page gives a short overview of some of the public projects.

Status: ongoing

Runtime: 2017-08-01 -

Participants: Raphael Wimmer, Marie Sautmann, Florian Bockes, Alexander Weichart, Leonie Schrod

Keywords: digital transformation, tools, university

Project: DIY Approach to Measuring Display Reaction Time

Easily replicable device for measuring the reaction time of displays.

Status: ongoing

Runtime: 2019 -

Participants: Patrick Stadler, Andreas Schmid, Raphael Wimmer

Keywords: latency, display, hardware, measurement

Project: DotTrack

Absolute position tracking using the raw image of a mouse sensor

Status: ongoing

Runtime: 2017 -

Participants: Andreas Schmid, Raphael Wimmer, Dennis Schüsselbauer, Laurin Muth, Thomas Fischer, Stefan Lippl

Keywords: Position, Tracking, Pattern, Mouse

Project: Analysing the eAkte/eFile landscape in Germany

Eine Untersuchung der eAkten-Landschaft in Deutschland

Status: on hold

Runtime: 2017 - 2017

Participants: Isabella Hastreiter, Lucia Eckl, Raphael Wimmer

Keywords: eAkte, eFile, Germany, survey

Project: Yet Another Latency Measuring Device

Measuring device for end-to-end (click to photon) latency based on cheap off-the-shelf components.

Status: ongoing

Runtime: 2020 -

Participants: Andreas Schmid, Raphael Wimmer, Thomas Fischer

Keywords: latency, end-to-end latency, measuring device, open hardware

Project: Wireless printing on an E-Paper display

integrating e-ink displays into document workflows

Status: ongoing

Runtime: 2017 -

Participants: Laurin Muth, Andreas Schmid

Keywords: CUPS, LPD, printing, e-Ink

Project: Extensible Clipboard

A new foundation for seamlessly sharing information

Status: ongoing

Runtime: 2017 -

Participants: Felix Riedl, Raphael Wimmer, Matthias Rösl

Keywords: Clipboard

Project: Measuring the Latency of Graphics Frameworks

Measuring method for graphics framework latency.

Status: ongoing

Runtime: 2022 -

Participants: Andreas Schmid, Raphael Wimmer

Keywords: latency, measurement, graphics framework, UI framework

Project: GraphIT

A dependency graph for learning contents.

Status: ongoing

Runtime: 2021 -

Participants: Raphael Wimmer, Alexander Weichart, Leonie Schrod

Keywords: graph, dependency_graph, education, learning

Project: Incorporating Hand-Writing Detection and Recognition into Physical-Digital Workflows and Workspaces

Status: on hold

Runtime: 2018 -

Participants: Jürgen Hahn, Nicolas Symeou, Raphael Wimmer

Keywords: Interaction Techniques, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Deep Learning

Project: Annotation Extraction with Infrared Light

We modified a flatbed scanner by adding an infrared LED to its light guide. As the ink of most pens is invisible in the infrared spectrum, this scanner can be used to extract handwritten annotations from printed documents.

Status: ongoing

Runtime: 2020 -

Participants: Andreas Schmid, Lorenz Heckelbacher, Raphael Wimmer

Keywords: annotation extraction, scan, infrared

Project: Input Device Latency

Measuring and understanding latency of input devices

Status: ongoing

Runtime: 2017 -

Participants: Raphael Wimmer, Florian Bockes, Andreas Schmid, Vitus Maierhöfer

Keywords: WIP, latency, prototype, USB, mouse, keyboard, joystick, gamepad, input device, input

Project: Latency Measurement

Measuring and understanding latency of computer systems

Status: ongoing

Runtime: 2017 -

Participants: Raphael Wimmer, Florian Bockes, Andreas Schmid, Vitus Maierhöfer

Keywords: latency, prototype, USB, mouse, keyboard, joystick, gamepad, input device, input, output, display

Project: PAtrack - Tracking physical personnel files in HR

PAtrack is a system for digitally tracking the location of paper files at the HR department of the University of Regensburg.

Status: ongoing

Runtime: 2018 -

Participants: Raphael Wimmer, Alexander Weichart, Clara Hilmer, Marie Sautmann

Keywords: physical files, file tracking

Project: Pop-Up Participatory Design facilitates Ideation, User Research, and Outreach

Pop-Up Participatory Design facilitates Ideation, User Research, and Outreach

Status: ongoing

Runtime: 2020-01-09 -

Participants: Sarah Thanner, Vitus Maierhoefer, Raphael Wimmer

Keywords: participatory design, science communication

Project: Reading on Different Media

We are investigating how different media affect reading performance and experience.

Status: ongoing

Runtime: 2020 -

Participants: Raphael Wimmer, Florian Bockes, Marie Sautmann, Michael Hebeisen

Keywords: reading, media, eye-tracking, e-paper

Project: RelaTrack

Relative position tracking of tangibles using infrared signals

Status: paused

Runtime: 2018 -

Participants: Thomas Fischer

Keywords: Position, Tracking, IR, Tangible

Project: ScreenshotMatcher - Taking Smartphone Photos to Capture Screenshots

Application that allows creating screenshots of a computer screen by photographing it with a smartphone.

Status: ongoing

Runtime: 2020 -

Participants: Andreas Schmid, Thomas Fischer, Alexander Weichart, Alexander Hartmann

Keywords: cross device communication, interaction technique

Project: Sketchable Interaction

An interaction concept for customizable desktop environments and workflows

Status: ongoing

Runtime: 2018 -

Participants: Jürgen Hahn, Raphael Wimmer

Keywords: Interaction Concept, End-User Empowerment, Post-WIMP GUIs, End-User Development

Project: Standardized Study Designs for Human-Computer Interaction

An extensible study design for an image-sorting task.

Status: concluded

Runtime: 2019 - 2019

Participants: Jürgen Hahn, Florian Bockes, Raphael Wimmer

Keywords: evaluation methods

Project: Survey on table use in everyday life

Results of our survey on table use in everyday life (2020).

Status: finished

Runtime: 2020-06-04 - 2020-08-18

Participants: Sarah Thanner, Vitus Maierhoefer, Marie Sautmann, Philipp Huber, Clara Hilmer, Raphael Wimmer

Keywords: survey

Project: Sketching with Hardware

A Course for Teaching Interactive Hardware Prototyping to Computer Science Students

Status: ongoing

Runtime: 2012 -

Participants: Andreas Schmid, Raphael Wimmer, Laurin Muth, Felix Riedl, Thomas Fischer

Keywords: tangible interaction, teaching, prototyping

Project: Project: TipTrack: Precise, Low-Latency, Robust Optical Pen Tracking on Arbitrary Surfaces Using an IR-Emitting Pen Tip

Coming soon

Status: ongoing

Runtime: 2022 -

Participants: Vitus Maierhöfer, Andreas Schmid, Raphael Wimmer

Keywords: projected augmented reality, input device, pen input, computer vision

Project: Touch tracking and surface projection (by EXTEND3D)

EXTEND3D - as part of the joint project VIGITIA our project partners from EXTEND3D in Munich have been experimenting with projections onto different surfaces as well as with the tracking of touch events on interactive tables.

Status: finished

Runtime: 2020-10-01 - 2021-08-30

Participants:

Keywords: vigitia

Project: Universal Files

Files and directories as information substrate

Status: ongoing

Runtime: 2017 -

Participants: Raphael Wimmer

Keywords: WIP, files, data structures,

Project: Hacking a 'Video Brochure'

Documentation of our efforts to reverse-engineer, repurpose, and hack a 'video brochure'.

Status: ongoing

Runtime: 27.07.2023 -

Participants: Raphael Wimmer

Keywords: video brochure,

Project: Vigitia Meets Degginger 2.0 (September 2021)

From September 20 to 25, 2021, we presented three prototypes to an interested public at Regensburg's Degginger Cultural and Creative Center. The primary goals of the exhibition were to generate ideas for further application scenarios and use cases, user research, public relations and science communication.

Status: finished

Runtime: 2021-09-20 - 2021-09-25

Participants: Sarah Thanner, Vitus Maierhöfer, Jürgen Hahn, Marie Laufkötter, Clara Hilmer, Marie Sautmann, Raphael Wimmer

Keywords: participatory design, science communication, prototype deployment

Project: VIGITIA meets Degginger 3.0 (March 2022)

From March 15 to 19, 2021, we presented three prototypes to an interested public at Regensburg's Degginger Cultural and Creative Center. The primary goals of the exhibition were to generate ideas for further application scenarios and use cases, user research, public relations and science communication.

Status: finished

Runtime: 2022-03-15 - 2022-03-19

Participants: Sarah Thanner, Vitus Maierhöfer, Jürgen Hahn, Marie Laufkötter, , Raphael Wimmer, Carlotta Strimpfle, Tim Heimlich

Keywords: participatory design, science communication, prototype deployment

Project: Vigitia Meets Degginger (September 2020)

Public exhibition of first project results

Status: finished

Runtime: 2020-09-14 - 2020-09-19

Participants: Sarah Thanner, Vitus Maierhoefer, Philipp Huber, Julia Sageder, Raphael Wimmer

Keywords: degginger, participatory design

Project: BMBF-Verbundprojekt VIGITIA - Vernetzte Intelligente Gegenstände durch, auf und um interaktive Tische im Alltag

Enhancing interaction on tabletops via projected AR.

Status: ongoing

Runtime: 2019 - 2022

Participants: Raphael Wimmer, Sarah Thanner, Florian Echtler, Vitus Maierhöfer

Keywords: augmented reality, projection mapping, projected AR

Project: Applying Voting Methods in User Research

Investigating reliability and validity of Likert scales, Likert-type items and voting methods

Status: hidden

Runtime: 2019 - 2019

Participants: Raphael Wimmer, Julia Sageder, Ariane Demleitner, Oliver Irlbacher

Keywords: Likert scales, Likert-type items, ranking, Condorcet voting, Borda count, Schulze method, voting methods