Opening Keynote for UXcampHH 2014, 
Hamburg, 16th of August 
Frank Jacob, Human Interface Design (HID)
Chris Harrison starting his keynote at TEI Conference 2014 in Munich, (Tangible Embedded and Embodied Interaction) 
© Human Interface Design 4
• Assistant Professor of 
Human-Computer Interaction 
at Carnegie Mellon University 
• Directing the Future Interfaces Group 
• Cofounder of Qeexo, 
a startup developing 
"rich-touch" interactive technologies 
Photo: Chris Harrison 
© Human Interface Design 5
Back in 1993 the iPhone 5 would have been the third fastets computer in the 
world – the two faster ones filled rooms! 
- Imagine the joint processing power at this very moment in this specific room! 
- Imagine that we have much more processing power in our pockets than NASA 
had to proceed the Apollo mission to the moon in 1969. 
electronic 
human 
size 
time 
2014 tablets 
Source: Chris Harrison 
© Human Interface Design 6
electronic 
size 
Chris Harrison at TEI Conference 2014 in Munich, (Tangible Embedded and Embodied Interaction) 
time 
2008 iPhone 1 
Source: Chris Harrison 
© Human Interface Design 7
No Display 
difficulty 
of use 
capability 
Text GUI / Mouse Touch / Mobile 
Source: Chris Harrison 
© Human Interface Design 8
Chris Harrison at TEI Conference 2014 in Munich, (Tangible Embedded and Embodied Interaction) 
© Human Interface Design 9
How to enrich the touch, 7 examples by Chris Harrison 
• Touch Type 
• Impact Force 
• Shear 
• Finger Pose 
• Who 
• Hand Configuration 
• Hand Grasp 
Source: Chris Harrison 
© Human Interface Design 10
HUMAN INTERFACE DESIGN 
FingerSense: Enhancing Finger Interaction on Touch Surfaces 
Source: http://www.qeexo.com/fingersense.html 
Photo: Chris Harrison
Using Shear as a Supplemental Input Channel for Rich Touchscreen Interaction 
Source: http://www.chrisharrison.net/index.php/Research/ShearTouch 
Photo: Chris Harrison
Related work by Patrick Baudisch, Hasso Plattner Insitute HPI, Potsdam: Understanding Touch 
Photo: Patrick Baudisch
Touché: Enhancing Touch Interaction on Humans, Liquids, and Everyday Objects 
Source: http://www.chrisharrison.net/index.php/Research/Touche 
Photo: Chris Harrison
Touché: Enhancing Touch Interaction on Humans, Liquids, and Everyday Objects 
Source: http://www.chrisharrison.net/index.php/Research/Touchtools 
Photo: Chris Harrison
Chris Harrison at TEI Conference 2014 in Munich, (Tangible Embedded and Embodied Interaction) 
© Human Interface Design 16
Mainframe 
Personal Computers 
Mobile Computing 
Time 
Intimacy 
Source: Chris Harrison 
© Human Interface Design 17
Frank Jacob, Human Interface Design (HID) 
fjacob@human-interface.de 
@HID_HAMBURG / @p_fjacob
inspiring interaction
Enhancing the Touch

Enhancing the Touch

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    Opening Keynote forUXcampHH 2014, Hamburg, 16th of August Frank Jacob, Human Interface Design (HID)
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    Chris Harrison startinghis keynote at TEI Conference 2014 in Munich, (Tangible Embedded and Embodied Interaction) © Human Interface Design 4
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    • Assistant Professorof Human-Computer Interaction at Carnegie Mellon University • Directing the Future Interfaces Group • Cofounder of Qeexo, a startup developing "rich-touch" interactive technologies Photo: Chris Harrison © Human Interface Design 5
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    Back in 1993the iPhone 5 would have been the third fastets computer in the world – the two faster ones filled rooms! - Imagine the joint processing power at this very moment in this specific room! - Imagine that we have much more processing power in our pockets than NASA had to proceed the Apollo mission to the moon in 1969. electronic human size time 2014 tablets Source: Chris Harrison © Human Interface Design 6
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    electronic size ChrisHarrison at TEI Conference 2014 in Munich, (Tangible Embedded and Embodied Interaction) time 2008 iPhone 1 Source: Chris Harrison © Human Interface Design 7
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    No Display difficulty of use capability Text GUI / Mouse Touch / Mobile Source: Chris Harrison © Human Interface Design 8
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    Chris Harrison atTEI Conference 2014 in Munich, (Tangible Embedded and Embodied Interaction) © Human Interface Design 9
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    How to enrichthe touch, 7 examples by Chris Harrison • Touch Type • Impact Force • Shear • Finger Pose • Who • Hand Configuration • Hand Grasp Source: Chris Harrison © Human Interface Design 10
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    HUMAN INTERFACE DESIGN FingerSense: Enhancing Finger Interaction on Touch Surfaces Source: http://www.qeexo.com/fingersense.html Photo: Chris Harrison
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    Using Shear asa Supplemental Input Channel for Rich Touchscreen Interaction Source: http://www.chrisharrison.net/index.php/Research/ShearTouch Photo: Chris Harrison
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    Related work byPatrick Baudisch, Hasso Plattner Insitute HPI, Potsdam: Understanding Touch Photo: Patrick Baudisch
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    Touché: Enhancing TouchInteraction on Humans, Liquids, and Everyday Objects Source: http://www.chrisharrison.net/index.php/Research/Touche Photo: Chris Harrison
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    Touché: Enhancing TouchInteraction on Humans, Liquids, and Everyday Objects Source: http://www.chrisharrison.net/index.php/Research/Touchtools Photo: Chris Harrison
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    Chris Harrison atTEI Conference 2014 in Munich, (Tangible Embedded and Embodied Interaction) © Human Interface Design 16
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    Mainframe Personal Computers Mobile Computing Time Intimacy Source: Chris Harrison © Human Interface Design 17
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    Frank Jacob, HumanInterface Design (HID) fjacob@human-interface.de @HID_HAMBURG / @p_fjacob
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