[IxDA Discuss] Bumptop

[John Schrag]

Dave wrote:
> Bumptop is a new interaction model for working with objects that we
keep on our desktop.

Bumptop is actually a couple of years old, now.  It is a product of the
Dynamic Graphics Project at the University of Toronto, who are doing
some of the coolest stuff in UI experimentation.  (They've been around
since 1972 -- I hung out there during my own time at UofT in the early
80s, and worked with quite a few of the people there in the years I was
at Alias.)

The DGP has a team of grad students who look to the future --- where
will input and display technology be in five or ten years, and what
kinds of interactions will that enable?  They try out all different
kinds of ideas.  Right now they're working on all kinds of things,
including some of the issues raised in this list --- handling large
numbers of object, dealing effectively with very large displays, true 3d
displays, etc.

You can find lots of cool stuff on their pages, although you may have to
hunt a bit:  www.dgp.utoronto.edu

-john