3D associative symbol array as component of user interface

Abstract

Paper presents an early concept of user interface component that is designed to help computer users to intuitively organise their digital storage, so that they can easily locate their previously saved documents. Instead of using traditional hierarchical folder tree, user is associating his documents with a pair of symbols, organized into three dimensional working space. Positions of user's hands are used to determine pair of symbols, being detected either using depth sensor or RGB camera.