Augmented Displays: Seamlessly Extending Interactive Surfaces With Head-Mounted Augmented Reality

We present Augmented Displays, a new class of display systems combining high-resolution interactive surfaces with head-coupled Augmented Reality. This extends the screen estate beyond the display and enables placing AR content directly at the display's borders or within the real environment. Furthermore, it enables people to interact with AR objects with natural pen and touch input in high precision on the surface. This combination allows a variety of interesting applications. To illustrate them, we present two use cases: An immersive 3D modeling tool and an architectural design tool. Our goal is to demonstrate the potential of Augmented Displays as a foundation for future work in the design space of this exciting new class of systems.