Workshop @ Informatik 2008:
2nd Workshop on Mobile and Embedded Interactive Systems (MEIS'08)

Session 1: Technology and Applications

Printed Near Field Communication System. Karin Weigelt (Institute for Print and Media Technology at Chemnitz University of Technology) and Arved C. Hübler (printed systems GmbH)

AR Binocular: Augmented Reality System for nautical navigation. Kristine Haase and Reinhard Koch (Christian-Albrecht-University of Kiel)

Adaptive Indoor Navigation for the Blind. Sven Gehring (Eyeled GmbH)

Discussion on basic technologies and application areas for mobile and embedded interactive systems. What are the research challenges? What are the technologies / potential user groups to look out for?

Session 2: Concepts and Toolkits

A Novel Conceptual Model for Accessing Distributed Data and Applications, as well as Devices. Lucia Terrenghi and Thomas Lang (Vodafone GROUP Services R&D)

Features of a Toolkit for open Human-Computer Interaction with Ambient Services. Andreas Lorenz (Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology)

Discussion on methods and concepts for mobile and embedded interactive systems. What is different in mobile and embedded systems? What new methods and concepts are required?

Session 3: Tracking

Tracking the Wiimote in 3D using ARToolkit.Raphael Wimmer, Sebastian Boring and Johannes Müller (University of Munich)

Tracking Mobile Phones on Interactive Tabletops. Florian Echtler and Gudrun Klinker (Technische Universität München)

Discussion on tracking technology and methods for mobile and embedded interactive systems. What are systems we can expect and build on in the future?

Session 4: Input Types

Menu Structuring for Mobile Devices. Katrin Sauerwein (University of Munich), Nathalie Prevost (Simon Fraser University Surrey) and Alexander De Luca (University of Munich)

Navigating Dynamically-Generated High Quality Maps on Tilt-Sensing Mobile Devices. Sven Kratz and Michael Rohs (Deutsche Telekom Laboratories, TU Berlin)

A GPS Tracking Application with a Tilt- and Motion-Sensing Interface. Michael Mock (Fraunhofer Institute for Intelligent Analysis- and Information Systems) and Michael Rohs (Deutsche Telekom Laboratories, TU Berlin)

Throw and Tilt: Seamless Interaction across Devices Using Mobile Phone Gestures. Raimund Dachselt and Robert Buchholz (Department of Simulation and Graphics, Faculty of Computer Science)

Discussion on input methods for mobile and embedded interactive systems. What are opportunities for novel types of mobile interaction?