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Organic user interfaces: designing computers in any way, shape, or form

Published:01 June 2008

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Displays on real-world objects allow more realistic user interfaces.

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          Communications of the ACM  Volume 51, Issue 6
          Organic user interfaces
          June 2008
          93 pages
          ISSN:0001-0782
          EISSN:1557-7317
          DOI:10.1145/1349026
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