The EnLighTable: Design of Affordances to Support Collaborative Creativity
In this paper we discuss some interface design concepts for
supporting and enhancing collaborative creativity in multi-user
interactive environments. We focus on the design of affordances for
direct manipulation and collaboration on table-top displays. As an
application of our concepts, we introduce the EnLighTable, an
appliance for creative teamwork in the selection of pictures and
layout design based on a table-top touch-sensitive display. We
present our rationale for the design of affordances which
metaphorically relate to artifacts - and map to gestures - of the
physical world. Finally we discuss the results of our first design
iteration and introduce a possible future extension of the table-top
appliance to other devices of an instrumented environment.