PaperPoint: A Paper-Based Presentation
and Interactive Paper Prototying Tool
Beat Signer and Moira C. Norrie
Institute for Information Systems, ETH Zurich
8092 Zurich, Switzerland
http://vub.academia.edu/BeatSigner
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PaperPoint
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Anoto Technologies
 Virtual paper space
of 60 million km2
 Pen manufacturers
 Maxel
 Logitech
 Nokia
 Sony Ericsson
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PaperPoint Features
 Presentation overviews
 Non-linear presentations
 Annotation and content production
 Paper handouts for note taking
 Collaborative presentations or brainstormings
 Mobility
 …
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PaperPoint Architecture
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Active Paper Areas
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Active Content
 Execute code (active component) on the client
and/or on the server side
AC Manager
Active Component
ACS Manager A
Active Component Active Component
Stub B B
Request Sender
Client Device
Active Component
AC Names HTTP
C
iServer AC Names
Client Server
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PaperPoint Active Component
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> PAPERPOINT_CONTROL
<iserver>
<activeComponent id="s1a" creator="beat"> Show slide 1
<name>Show slide 1</name>
<properties> command showSlide
<parameter>
<key>org.ximtec.iserver.ac:command</key> slide 1
<value>showSlide</value>
</parameter>
<parameter>
<key>org.ximtec.iserver.ac:slide</key>
<value>1</value>
</parameter>
</properties>
<identifier>PAPERPOINT_CONTROL</identifier>
</activeComponent>
...
</iserver>
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Active Components
Button Image
Slider Sound
Slider2D Movie
DateSelector SQLClient
Browser XCMRequest
MapSelector ClientCtrlRequest
Rating PaperPointControl
Capture PaperPointAnnotate
CaptureAndSpeak ...
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PaperPoint Printing Process
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PaperPoint Stickers
 Empty Stickers linked to specific PowerPoint slides
 Digital information (text, movies, ...) embedded in slides
 Rapid prototyping of interactive paper applications
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Discussion
 Preparation of presentations
 content authoring for non-linear presentations
 printing
 Fixed buttons versus gesture-based commands
 Cross-application functionality
 Powerpoint as authoring tool for interactive
paper mockups
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Further Information
 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
http://www.amazon.de/Fundamental-Concepts-Interactive-Cross-Media-Information/dp/3837027139
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