Interactive Paper and Cross-Media Publishing
Beat Signer
Global Information Systems Research Group
Department of Computer Science
ETH Zurich
http://vub.academia.edu/BeatSigner
Zukunft Crossmedia, Bern, August 28, 2008

Paper-Digital Integration
Zukunft Crossmedia, Bern, August 28, 2008 Beat Signer, signer@inf.ethz.ch

Digital Pen and Paper
 Pattern license and
camera technology
offered by Anoto
 virtual paper space of
60 million km2
 Pen manufacurers
 Nokia
 Maxell
 Adapx
 Livescribe
Zukunft Crossmedia, Bern, August 28, 2008 Beat Signer, signer@inf.ethz.ch

Interactive Paper Areas
Linking active areas to resources
image
video clip
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Interactive Paper @ ETH Zurich
Link Metamodel (RSL) Tools
Cross-Media Server / Publishing Applications
Zukunft Crossmedia, Bern, August 28, 2008 Beat Signer, signer@inf.ethz.ch

EdFest Project
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EdFest Demo
Zukunft Crossmedia, Bern, August 28, 2008 Beat Signer, signer@inf.ethz.ch

Content Publishing Framework
iServer / iPaper
cross-media link server
XCM XML link
iPublish
definition
content publishing publishing framework
data
• paper link data
publish • active areas
Structure Style • layers
• digital resources
• user model
import PDF
XML data of XSL CSS
festival venues
and events
Zukunft Crossmedia, Bern, August 28, 2008 Beat Signer, signer@inf.ethz.ch

PaperProof
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Other iPaper Applications …
PaperWeb Natural History Museum
PaperPoint PaperSketch
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Pulse Smartpen
 Record and replay
synchronised ink & audio
 1 GB memory
 16'000 pages
 200 hours voice recording
 96x18 OLED Display
 Open application platform
Zukunft Crossmedia, Bern, August 28, 2008 Beat Signer, signer@inf.ethz.ch

Concluding Remarks
 Digital Pen and Paper technology is here
 several commercial products and applications
 mainly used for data capture from forms
 Interactive Paper is on the way
 beginnings of commercial solutions
 potential shown in research settings
 general platforms and tools emerging
 Future challenges
 business models and solutions
Zukunft Crossmedia, Bern, August 28, 2008 Beat Signer, signer@inf.ethz.ch

Further Information
Prof. Moira Norrie Dr. Beat Signer Nadir Weibel Adriana Ispas
 http://www.ipaper.inf.ethz.ch
 Fundamental Concepts for Interactive Paper
and Cross-Media Information Spaces, Beat
Signer, ISBN 978-3-8370-2713-6, May 2008
Zukunft Crossmedia, Bern, August 28, 2008 Beat Signer, signer@inf.ethz.ch