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95 BUILD-IT: a computer vision-based interaction technique of a planning tool for construction and design 1 2 2 2 M. Rauterberg , M. Bichsel , U. Leonhardt M. Meier Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) 1IHA 2IKB, Clausiusstrasse, CH-8092 Zurich, SWITZERLAND http://www.ifap.bepr.ethz.ch/~rauterberg ABSTRACT It is time to go beyond the established approaches in human-computer interaction. With the Augmented Reality (AR) design strategy humans are able to behave as much as possible in a natural way: be- havior of humans in the real world with other humans and/or real world objects. Following the fundamental constraints of natural way of interacting we derive a set of recommendations for the next generation of user interfaces: the Natural User Interface (NUI). The concept of NUI is presented in form of a runnable demon- strator: a computer vision-based interaction technique for a planning tool for construction and design tasks. KEYWORDS augmented reality, natural user interface, computer vision-based interaction 1 . INTRODUCTION 2 . THE DEMONSTRATOR BUILD-IT The embodiment of computers in the work place has Inspired by the ideas of Tognazzini [5], the SUN had a tremendous impact on the field of human-compu- StarFire video, and Wellners digital desk [6] we de- ter interaction. Mouse and graphic displays are every- signed a system that is based primarily on the concept where, the desktop workstations define the frontier be-