This paper explores the interactive possibilities enabled when the barrel of a digital pen is augmented with a multi-touch sensor. We present a novel multi-touch pen (MTPen) prototype and discuss its alternate uses beyond those of a standard stylus, such as allowing new touch gestures to be performed using the index finger or thumb and detecting how users grip the device as a mechanism for mode switch-ing. We also discuss the hardware and software implemen-tation challenges in realizing our prototype, and showcase how one can combine different grips (tripod, relaxed tripod, sketch, wrap) and gestures (swipe and double tap) to enable new interaction techniques with the MTPen in a prototype drawing application.
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Hyunyoung Song
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Microsoft Research
Hrvoje Benko
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Microsoft Research
Francois Guimbretiere
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Cornell University
Shahram Izadi
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Microsoft Research
Xiang Cao
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Microsoft Research
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1010028
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