Towards a flexible architecture for interaction with augmented surfaces

Abstract

Augmented surfaces are a novel paradigm for supporting interaction, where information is coded on the surface of a physical object, from which it can be read and used for different purposes. We introduce a novel software architecture by which object producers and application designers can independently define the information to be added on surfaces, as well as computational activities to be started upon identification of a coding. Moreover, we also offer the possibility to the end user to choose to set the type of activities to launch as well as to select a specific activity when more than one is available.