Publications

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Markus Steinberger, Manuela Waldner, Marc Streit, Alexander Lex, Dieter Schmalstieg
Context-Preserving Visual Links
In IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (InfoVis 2011)
pages 2249 - 2258
October 2011
paper [PDF - 10.7 MB]
Best Paper Award

Manuela Waldner, Raphael Grasset, Markus Steinberger, Dieter Schmalstieg
Display-Adaptive Window Management for Irregular Surfaces
In Proceedings of the 2011 Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces Conference (ITS 2011)
October 2011
paper [PDF - 11.9 MB]

Manuela Waldner, Markus Steinberger, Raphael Grasset, Dieter Schmalstieg
Importance-Driven Compositing Window Management
In Proceedings of ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2011)
pages 959-968
May 2011
paper [PDF - 3.9 MB]
Honorable Mention Award

Manuela Waldner, Dieter Schmalstieg
Collaborative Information Linking: Bridging Knowledge Gaps between Users by Linking across Applications
In 4th IEEE Pacific Visualization Symposium (PacificVis 2011)
pages 115-122
March 2011
paper [PDF - 5 MB]

Manuela Waldner, Ernst Kruijff, Dieter Schmalstieg
Bridging Gaps with Pointer Warping in Multi-Display Environments
In Proceedings of the 6th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (NordiCHI 2010)
pages 813-816
October 2010
paper [PDF - 0.2 MB]

Manuela Waldner, Werner Puff, Alexander Lex, Marc Streit, Dieter Schmalstieg
Visual Links across Applications
In Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2010 (GI 2010)
pages 129-136
May 2010
paper [PDF - 3.9 MB]
Best Student Paper Award

Manuela Waldner, Dieter Schmalstieg
Experiences with Mouse Control in Multi-Display Environments
In Proceedings of Workshop on coupled display visual interfaces 2010 (PPD 2010), in conjunction with AVI conference
pages 6-10
May 2010
paper [PDF - 1.9 MB]

Manuela Waldner, Christian Pirchheim, Ernst Kruijff, Dieter Schmalstieg
Automatic configuration of spatially consistent mouse pointer navigation in multi-display environments
In Proceeding of the 14th international conference on Intelligent user interfaces (IUI 2010)
pages 397-400
February 2010
paper [PDF - 0.2 MB]

Manuela Waldner, Alexander Lex, Marc Streit, Dieter Schmalstieg
Design Considerations for Collaborative Information Workspaces in Multi-Display Environments
In Proceedings of Workshop on Collaborative Visualization on Interactive Surfaces (CoVIS 2009), in conjunction with VisWeek
October 2009
paper [PDF - 2 MB]

Christian Pirchheim, Manuela Waldner, Dieter Schmalstieg
Deskotheque: Improved Spatial Awareness in Multi-Display Environments
In Proceedings of IEEE Virtual Reality Conference (VR 2009)
pages 123-126
March 2009
paper [PDF - 0.4 MB]

Manuela Waldner, Michael Kalkusch, Dieter Schmalstieg
Optical Magic Lenses and Polarization-Based Interaction Techniques
In Proceedings of 13th Eurographics Symposium on Virtual Environments / 10th Immersive Projection Technology Workshop (IPT-EGVE 2007)
pages 61-68
July 2007
paper [PDF - 0.3 MB]

Manuela Waldner, Joerg Hauber, Juergen Zauner, Michael Haller, Mark Billinghurst
Tangible Tiles: Design and Evaluation of a Tangible User Interface in a Collaborative Tabletop Setup
In Proceedings of the 18th Australia conference on Computer-Human Interaction: Design: Activities, Artefacts and Environments (OzCHI 2006)
pages 151-158
November 2006
paper [PDF - 3.1 MB]
Best Paper Award

Other Publications

Manuela Waldner, Christian Pirchheim, Dieter Schmalstieg
Multi projector displays using a 3D compositing window manager
In Proceedings of the 2008 workshop on Immersive projection technologies/Emerging display technologiges (EDT-IPT 2008), in conjunction with SIGGRAPH
pages 1-4
August 2008
paper [PDF - 1.3 MB]

Manuela Waldner, Christian Pirchheim, Marc Streit, Dieter Schmalstieg
Multiple View Visualization On A Multi- Display Setup
In International Workshop on Giga-Pixel Displays & Visual Analytics (GIANT 2008)
April 2008

Wolfgang Litzlbauer, Ines Stuppacher, Manuela Waldner, Markus Weilguny
Neon Racer: Augmented Gaming
In Proceedings of Central European Seminar on Computer Graphics, Cast-Papiernicka Centre, Slovakia (CESCG 2006)
April 2006
paper [PDF - 1 MB]

Theses

Manuela Waldner
WIMP Interfaces for Emerging Display Environments
PhD Thesis
June 2011
thesis [PDF - 4.1 MB]

Manuela Waldner
Tangible Tiles: Ein Tangible User Interface zur Verwaltung und Manipulation von digitalen Daten
Master's Thesis
August 2006
thesis [PDF - 9.3 MB]

Manuela Waldner
Museumsexponate mit Virtual Reality
Bachelor's Thesis
May 2004
thesis [PDF - 0.8 MB]

Manuela Waldner
MIDI-Programmierung fuer SOLIS
Bachelor's Thesis
February 2004
thesis [PDF - 2.5 MB]

Demos

Lange Nacht der Forschung 2008
"Wie kommt die Maus an die Wand?" - demonstration of Deskotheque and the Intelligent Room laboratory
November 2008

Eurographics 2006
Neon Racer [Machination] @ Physical Games Demo Session
September 2006

ISMAR 2005
Demo of Neon Racer at ISMAR 05 [International Symposium on Mixed an Augmented Reality]
October 2005

Pixelspaces 2005
Demo of Neon Racer at Pixelspaces exhibition [Ars Electronica Festival]
September 2005

Awards

Honorable Mention Award - CHI 2011
Importance-Driven Compositing Window Management: Honorable Mention Award at CHI 2011

Best Paper Award - InfoVis 2011
Context-Preserving Visual Links: Best Paper at InfoVis 2011

Best Student Paper Award - GI 2010
Visual Links across Applications: Best Student Paper of the HCI Track at Graphics Interface 2010

Jury Mention Multimedia & e-Business Staatspreis 2006
Neon Racer - jury mention in the category "Foerderpreis"

Best Paper Award - OZCHI 2006
Tangible Tiles - best presented paper at OZCHI 2006

EUNZ Exchange Program Scholarship 2006
Scholarship for a six months exchange to HITLabNZ, New Zealand

Top Talent Award 2005
Neon Racer - winner of the Top Talent Award category "games"