With the aim of preparing a tangible interface for a fascinating context or scenario that sees frequent usage of cameras, or has the potential for camera usage in an interesting manner – we conceptualized and prototyped Restorama – a tool that automatically takes a panorama when sitting on a restaurant table. This eases the tedium of taking a panorama, of requiring one of the group or an extra person to hold a camera, and of people having to get up from the table for an adjusted pose. This also involved an extensive exploration and practice of developing a tangible interface, for an innovative field that is of capturing photos – an interface that has been fairly stagnant in terms of a button click being the basic interaction.
Kumar V.,Dargan T.,Kumar A.,Jaglan A.,Nayak A.,Sorathia K., “Restorama – Panoramas In Restaurants;
Tangible Interfaces for Cameras” Poster, India HCI 2014