TY - JOUR
KW - Simulation
KW - Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)
KW - Interfaces
KW - Recognition
AU - Abílio Costa
AU - João Pereira
AB - Sketch-based interfaces provide a powerful, natural and intuitive way for users to interact with an application. By combining a sketch-based interface with a physically simulated environment, an application offers the means for users to rapidly sketch a set of objects, like if they are doing it on piece of paper, and see how these objects behave in a simulation. In this paper we present SketchyDynamics, a library that intends to facilitate the creation of applications by rapidly providing them a sketch-based interface and physics simulation capabilities. SketchyDynamics was designed to be versatile and customizable but also simple. In fact, a simple application where the user draws objects and they are immediately simulated, colliding with each other and reacting to the specified physical forces, can be created with only 3 lines of code. In order to validate SketchyDynamics design choices, we also present some details of the usability evaluation that was conducted with a proof-of-concept prototype
IS - Special Issue on Improvements in Information Systems and Technologies	
M1 - 3
N2 - Sketch-based interfaces provide a powerful, natural and intuitive way for users to interact with an application. By combining a sketch-based interface with a physically simulated environment, an application offers the means for users to rapidly sketch a set of objects, like if they are doing it on piece of paper, and see how these objects behave in a simulation. In this paper we present SketchyDynamics, a library that intends to facilitate the creation of applications by rapidly providing them a sketch-based interface and physics simulation capabilities. SketchyDynamics was designed to be versatile and customizable but also simple. In fact, a simple application where the user draws objects and they are immediately simulated, colliding with each other and reacting to the specified physical forces, can be created with only 3 lines of code. In order to validate SketchyDynamics design choices, we also present some details of the usability evaluation that was conducted with a proof-of-concept prototype
PY - 2013
SP - 23
EP - 30
T2 - International Journal of Interactive Multimedia and Artificial Intelligence
TI - SketchyDynamics: A Library for the Development of Physics Simulation Applications with Sketch-Based Interfaces
UR - http://www.ijimai.org/journal/sites/default/files/files/2013/06/ijimai20132_3_3_pdf_15923.pdf
VL - 2
SN - 1989-1660
ER -