In many different application domains the use of 3D visualization is accelerating. If the complexity of 3D data increases often stereoscopic display provides a better insight for domain experts as well as ordinary users. Usually, interaction with and visualization of the 3D data is decoupled because manipulation of stereoscopic content is still a challenging task. Hence, 3D data is visualized stereoscopically whereas interaction is performed via 2D graphical user interfaces. Although such interscopic interaction between stereoscopic and monoscopic content is of major interest in many application domains it has not been sufficiently investigated. Recently emerging multi-touch interfaces promise an alternative approach to this challenge. While multi-touch has shown its usefulness for 2D interfaces by providing more natural and intuitive interaction, it has not been considered if and how these concepts can be extended to 3D multi- touch interfaces, in particular in combination with stereoscopic display. In this paper we discuss the potentials and the limitations as well as possible solutions for the interaction with interscopic data via multi-touch interfaces.

@inproceedings{SHSK08,
  author = {Steinicke, Frank and Hinrichs, Klaus H. and Sch{\"o}ning, Johannes and Kr{\"u}ger, Antonio},
  title = {Multi-Touching 3D Data: Towards Direct Interaction in Stereoscopic Display Environments coupled with Mobile Devices},
  booktitle = {Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI) Workshop on Designing Multi-Touch Interaction Techniques for Coupled Public and Private Displays},
  pages = {46--49},
  year = {2008},
  keywords = {vr, 3dsp, iMUTS},
  url = {http://viscg.uni-muenster.de/publications/2008/SHSK08},
}