Reflections about Symbolic vs. Iconic Representations in TUIs
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چکیده
Currently designed Tangible User Interfaces (TUIs) propose both iconic and symbolic tangible objects (TO). Since iconic TOs should enable to interact more naturally like in the real world and, hypothetically, require less learning time than symbolic TOs, some questions arise: Why do symbolic TOs exist? When to use iconic or symbolic representation in TOs? This paper discusses these questions and makes some assumptions on the abstraction of concepts, the function of TOs (container, token or tool) and the context influencing the design choices of TOs. Author
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