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I!&ia Conference Companion ~CHI’94~Boston, Massachttsdts USA~April24-2%, 1994 Toolglass and Magic Lenses: The See-Through Interface (2009)

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In current interfaces, users select objects, apply operations, and change viewing parameters in distinct steps that require switching attention among several screen areas. Our See-Through InterfaceThl system addresses this problem by locating tools on a transparent sheet that can be moved over applications with one hand using a trackball, while the other hand controls a mouse cursor. The user clicks through a tool onto application objects, simultaneously selecting an operation and an operand. Tools may include graphical filters, called Magic LensT ” filters, that display a customized view of application objects. Compared to traditional interactors, these tools save steps, require no permanent screen space, reduce temporal modes, and apply to multiple applications. In addition, magic lens filters provide rich context-dependent feedback and the

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Keywords user interface, multi-hand, click-through, lens, viewing filter, button, menu, control panel, transparent, macro CONTACT, Eric A. Bier, Xerox PARC, 3333 Coyote Hill Rd
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