Ghosts in the interface: Meta-user interface visualizations as guides for multi-touch interaction

@article{Vanacken2008GhostsIT,
  title={Ghosts in the interface: Meta-user interface visualizations as guides for multi-touch interaction},
  author={Davy Vanacken and Alexandre Demeure and Kris Luyten and Karin Coninx},
  journal={2008 3rd IEEE International Workshop on Horizontal Interactive Human Computer Systems},
  year={2008},
  pages={81-84},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:17405197}
}
This work introduces TouchGhosts: visual guides that are embedded in the multi-touch user interface and that demonstrate the available interactions to the user.
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