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Physical icon

Known as: Phicon 
A physical icon, or phicon, is the tangible computing equivalent of an icon in a traditional graphical user interface, or GUI. Phicons hold a… 
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2011
2011
Investigating Phicon feedback in non-visual tangible user interfaces
We investigated ways that users could interact with Phicons in non-visual tabletop tangible user interfaces (TUIs). We carried… 
2003
2003
Function Composition in Physical Chaining Applications
We introduce the notion of function composition, an interaction technique employed in several graphical user interfaces (GUIs… 
1999
1999
Implementing phicons: combining computer vision with infrared technology for interactive physical icons
This paper describes a novel physical icon [3] (“phicon”) based system that can be programmed to issue a range of commands about… 
1998
1998
Self-moving type physical icon equipment
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