The iPoint Explorer (iPE) is an interactive gesture recognition system for public places e.g. central train stations or airports. It enables users to virtually explore popular areas by just pointing at a
large screen. The iPE - with its novel and easy to learn, contact-free gesture interaction - supports the users' orientation in unknown environments. The system provides multimedia content like geographical data, photorealistic 3D models, videos and pictures of interesting sights and tours. The user is able to get directions to close-by points of interest as well as current information about public transport. Furthermore users are able to arrange the presented information to a personal digital guide. It is also intended to enable a wireless transfer of this personal digital guide to the user's mobile device like PDA or mobile phone.

• Contact-free interaction: no input devices needed
• Ambient intelligence: e.g. recognition of interested users or deictic gestures
• Easy to use: no computer experience needed
• Vandalism proof: no direct user-system contact
• Multimedia contents: 3D-models, audio, video, text, images, geo-data
• Travel assistance: Travel information about the surrounding area
• Personal digital travel guide: information to go
• Potential for location based services
• Fields of Application
• The iPoint Explorer technology is particularly suitable for usage scenarios where no contact between the user and the system is possible or intended. Furthermore the iPoint Explorer allows an intuitive interaction, especially with big screens.
• iPoint Explorer users are able to see the whole picture and to interact with the system at the same time, which is a huge advantage comparing to touch screens

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