Dr. rer. nat. Andreas Dippon
Dipl.-Inf. Univ.

Name: Dr. Andreas Dippon Email: dippona@in.tum.de Since September 2017 I am working at Rohde & Schwarz. This page will still be maintained for research related issues.

Research Interests and Projects

Research Interests

• Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces (mainly Multitouch Surfaces)
• Natural Interaction
• Multi-Display Environments

Projects

• 2014 - 2017: Program Coordinator of the bachelor study program Informatik: Games Engineering
• 2014, Jun - Aug: Visiting Researcher in Koike Lab, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
• 2010 - 2013: CRUMBS - AR Navigation on Mobile Phones

Projects during my diploma studies

• Applications for TISCH (get our library at Sourceforge)
  • improving BattleTech
  • Puzzle with semi-automatic snap functionality
  • demovideos for Youtube
  • Documentation for TISCH
  • TUIOtoTISCH, TISCHtoTUIO: Adapter for the often used TUIO protocol
  • Tischadapter: Adapter from Ubitrack to TISCH library
  • Tischroaches: Don't look at the Shadows
  • Tischsudoku: The well-known Sudoku game for multiple users
  • various TISCH-demos

• SEP (System Engineering Project)
  • Development of Multitouch-Enabled Games

• IDP (Interdisciplinary Project) in Electrical Engineering
  • Building and Programming an FPGA-Based LED Sensor

• Diploma Thesis (Video)
  • Multi-Touch Devices as Conventional Input Devices

Publications

2016
	A. Dippon Natural Interaction in Multi-Device Environments Dissertation (PhD thesis), Fakultät für Informatik, Technische Universität München, October 2016 (online version) (bib)
2015
	S. Mueller, A. Dippon, G. Klinker Capture The Flag Demo: Engaging in a Multi-Device Augmented Reality Game ITS 2015, November 15-18, Madeira, Portugal, pp. 393-396. (bib)
	S. Mueller, A. Dippon, G. Klinker Capture The Flag: Engaging in a Multi-Device Augmented Reality Game ITS 2015, November 15-18, Madeira, Portugal, pp. 277-282. (bib)
	P. Tolstoi, A. Dippon Towering Defense - An Augmented Reality Multi-Device Game CHI 2015, April 18 - 23, Seoul, South Korea. (bib)
2014
	F. Mueller, S. Stellmach, S. Greenberg, A. Dippon, S. Boll, J. Garner, R. Khot, A. Naseem, D. Altimira Proxemics Play: Understanding Proxemics for Designing Digital Play Experiences DIS 2014, June 21 - 25, Vancouver, BC, Canada. (bib)
	Md. Raihanul Islam, T. Coskun, F. Pankratz, A. Dippon, G. Klinker AR Navigation for Improving Social Networking CHI Workshop on Assistive Augmentation - April 2014 (4 pages) (bib)
2013
	A. Dippon, G. Klinker Natural Interaction for Card Games on Multiple Devices ITS 2013, October 7-9, St.Andrews, UK, pp. 409-412. (bib)
	F. Pankratz, A. Dippon, T. Coskun, G. Klinker User awareness of tracking uncertainties in AR navigation scenarios (Poster). Proceedings of the 12th International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR), Oct. 1-4 2013, pp. 285-286. (bib)
2012
	A. Dippon, N. Wiedermann, G. Klinker Seamless Integration of Mobile Devices into Interactive Surface Environments ITS 2012, November 11 - 14, Cambridge, MA, USA, pp. 331-334. (bib)
	T. Coskun, E. Artinger, L.Pirritano, D.Korhammer, A. Benzina, C.Grill, A. Dippon, G. Klinker Gestyboard: A 10-finger-system and gesture based text input system for multi-touchscreens with no need for tactile feedback Matsue, Japan August 28-31, 2012 - APCHI 2012 Poster (bib)
2011
	T. Coskun, E. Artinger, L.Pirritano, D.Korhammer, A. Benzina, C.Grill, A. Dippon, G. Klinker Gestyboard: A 10-finger-system and gesture based text input system for multi-touchscreens with no need for tactile feedback Technical Report TUM (bib)
	A. Dippon, G. Klinker KinectTouch: Accuracy Test for a Very LowCost 2.5D Multitouch Tracking System ITS 2011, November 13 - 16, Kobe, Japan, pp. 49-52. (bib)
	A. Dippon, F. Echtler, G. Klinker Multi-Touch Table as Conventional Input Device HCI International Extended Abstracts, July 9 - 14, Orlando, Florida, USA, pp. 237-241. (bib)
2010
	A. Dippon Multi-Touch Devices as Conventional Input Devices Diploma Thesis 2010. (bib)
	A. Dippon Development of Multitouch-Enabled Games SEP Thesis 2010. (bib)
2009
	F. Echtler, A. Dippon, M. Tönnis, G. Klinker Inverted FTIR: Easy Multitouch Sensing for Flatscreens ITS 2009, November 23 - 25, Banff, Canada, pp. 29-32. (bib)
	F. Echtler, S. Nestler, A. Dippon, G. Klinker Supporting Casual Interactions between Board Games on Public Tabletop Displays and Mobile Devices Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, Special Issue on Public and Private Displays, Springer Verlag, 2009, pp. 609-617. (bib)
	A. Dippon Gleichzeitige Ansteuerung einer LED-Matrix als Display und Sensor IDP Thesis in Electrical Engineering 2009. (bib)
2008
	S. Nestler, F. Echtler, A. Dippon, G. Klinker Collaborative problem solving on mobile hand-held devices and stationary multi-touch interfaces PPD'08. Workshop on designing multi-touch interaction techniques for coupled public and private displays (bib)

Teaching

Lectures

• WS 2016/2017 -- Lecture (Exercises) -- Einführung in Informatik für Games Engineering
• WS 2016/2017 -- Seminar: Game Analysis
• SS 2016 -- Bachelor Practical Course -- Tanz und Schauspiel im Virtuellen Studio
• SS 2016 -- Seminar: Game Analysis
• WS 2015/2016 -- Lecture (Exercises) -- Einführung in Informatik für Games Engineering
• WS 2015/2016 -- Seminar: Game Analysis
• SS 2015 -- Bachelor Practical Course -- Tanz und Schauspiel im Virtuellen Studio
• WS 2014/2015 -- Lecture (Exercises) -- Einführung in Informatik für Games Engineering
• SS 2014 -- Lecture (Exercises) -- Augmented Reality
• WS 2013/2014 -- Lecture (Exercises) -- Einführung in Informatik für Games Engineering
• SS 2013 -- Lecture (Exercises) -- Augmented Reality
• WS 2012/2013 -- Lecture (Exercises) -- Einführung in Informatik für Games Engineering
• SS 2012 -- Master Practical Course -- Augmented Reality Applications
• WS 2011/2012 -- Lecture (Exercises) -- Einführung in Informatik für Games Engineering
• SS 2011 -- Lecture (Parts of Exercises) -- Information Visualization
• WS 2010/2011 -- Lecture (Exercises) -- Augmented Reality

Research Assistants (HiWis)

• Research Assistants (HiWis) I supervise(d)
  • Paul Tolstoi -- OpenCV and Unity Implementations -- Oct 2013 - Nov 2015
  • Monika Wintergerst -- Unity Implementations -- Nov 2012 - Jul 2013
  • Yucheng Jin -- CRUMBS: Implementations for Navigation -- Nov 2012 - Mar 2013
  • Norbert Wiedermann -- Implementations for libTISCH -- Jan 2011 - Dec 2012

Running and Finished Student Projects

• Diploma-, Master-, Bachelor-Theses, Guided Reasearch, SEPs, IDPs and Term projects I (co)supervise(d)
  • BA -- Severin Bauer -- tba -- July 2017 - Nov 2017
  • BA -- Jennifer Tipecska -- Development of an Interactive System for Visualisation and Navigation of Complex Model-Based Development Data -- May 2017 - Sep 2017
  • GR -- Janosch Kindl -- A Tangible Multi-Device Multiplayer Game -- Oct 2016 - Apr 2017
  • BA -- Benedict Gruber -- Air Traffic Control as a Game -- Oct 2016 - Feb 2017
  • MA -- Markus Wesemann -- Increasing the Knowledge about IT Security Aspects with a Game -- Sep 2016 - Mar 2017
  • BA -- Börge Kessner -- Development of a trajectory planning tool for a highly automated aircraft -- Mar 2016 - Jul 2016
  • BA -- Monika Wintergerst -- User Identification in a Multi-Device Environment -- Mai 2015 - Sep 2015
  • BA -- Janosch Kindl -- Designing a Tangible MIDI-Controller for Multi-Touch Surfaces -- Mai 2015 - Sep 2015
  • GR -- Dominik Dechamps -- Realtime Tracking and Remote Network Synchronisation -- Oct 2014 - Apr 2015
  • BA -- Max Wandinger -- Augmented Virtual Space: Interactions in a Multi-Device Virtual Environment -- Oct 2014 - Feb 2015
  • BA -- Stefan Hell -- Augmented Virtual Space: Visualizations in a Multi-Device Virtual Environment -- Oct 2014 - Feb 2015
  • BA -- Paul Tolstoi -- Towering Defense: An Augmented Reality Multi-Device Game -- May 2014 - Sep 2014
  • BA -- Dominik Dechamps -- Virtually Participating in Real Games from a Different Location -- Apr 2014 - Aug 2014
  • BA -- Thomas Bothe -- Interactive Schafkopf: Extending the Real Game with Virtual Players -- Apr 2014 - Aug 2014
  • BA -- Johannes Schmidt -- Implementation and Evaluation of Motion-Based Input for a Volleyball Game -- Aug 2012 - Dec 2012

Misc

• FAR Seminar
• Conference Dates

Attended Conferences

• 15.-18. Nov 2015 - ITS 2015, Madeira, Portugal - Poster and Demo: Capture the Flag: Engaging in a Multi-Device Augmented Reality Game
• 18.-23. Apr 2015 - CHI 2015, Seoul, South Korea - Game Competition: Towering Defense: An Augmented Reality Multi-Device Game
• 16.-19. Nov 2014 - ITS 2014, Dresden, GER - Attendee
• 09.-11. Oct 2013 - UIST 2013, St.Andrews, UK - Attendee
• 06.-09. Oct 2013 - ITS 2013, St.Andrews, UK - Poster: Natural Interaction for Card Games on Multiple Devices
• 11.-14. Nov 2012 - ITS 2012, Cambridge, MA, USA - Poster: Seamless Integration of Mobile Devices into Interactive Surface Environments
• 13.-16. Nov 2011 - ITS 2011, Kobe, Japan - Short Paper: KinectTouch: Accuracy Test for a Very LowCost 2.5D Multitouch Tracking System
• 09.-14. Jul 2011 - HCI International 2011 Orlando, Florida - Poster: Multi-Touch Table as Conventional Input Device
• 22.-24. Feb 2011 - WARM 2011 Graz - Attendee
• 07.-11. Nov 2010 - ITS 2010 Saarbrücken - SV and Demo: Multi-Touch Surface as Input Device