TUIO AS3: A Multi-Touch and Tangible User Interface Rapid Prototyping Toolkit for Tabletop Interaction

Received: date / Revised version: date Abstract Multi-touch and tangible input paradigms provide new opportunities for post-WIMP (Windows, Icons, Menus, Pointer) user interfaces. The development of such novel interfaces challenges designers and soft- ware developers alike. TUIO AS3 addresses these chal- lenges by providing a toolkit for the rapid development of multi-touch and tangible user interface (TUI) interac- tion. The TUIO AS3 toolkit comprises two basic func- tionalities. Firstly, it oers a sophisticated multi-touch