BumpTop, Rethink your Desktop
BumpTop is a fresh and engaging new way to interact with your computer desktop. You can pile and toss documents like on a real desk. Break free from the rigid and mechanical style of standard point-and-click desktops. Interact by pushing, pulling and piling documents with elegant, self revealing gestures. BumpTop's stunning interface makes clever use of 3D presentation and smooth physics-based animations for an engaging, vivid user experience.
BumpTop has people talking. A video of the BumpTop interface is the most watched video of software on YouTube, ever. Other stories include NY Times, PCWorld, MIT Tech Review, Digg (twice) and others. BumpTop was also presented at TED 2007. We are in active development of the technology, stay tuned to the mailing list for release information.
Watch the co-creator of BumpTop demonstrate it at TED 2007 below.
Ooh, I want it!
BumpTop is not publicly available just yet, but Sign up for the mailing list to be the first to try it. We're in private beta at the moment.
We're Hiring
If you are a highly skilled software developer or designer that is passionate about user interfaces and wants to change the world, send a resume and portfolio to jobs@bumptop.com.
Publications
Our ideas about BumpTop, physically-based casual interfaces and pen-centric interactions are outlined in the below CHI paper.
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Anand Agarawala, Ravin Balakrishnan. (2006). Keepin' it Real: Pushing the Desktop Metaphor with Physics, Piles and the Pen. Proceedings of CHI 2006 - the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. p. 1283-1292. (10 pages)
Take a look at more pretty BumpTop graphics
Media Love
NY Times (twice), PCWorld, MIT Tech Review, Digg (twice), BusinessWeek, CNET, CBC News, Slashdot, Lifehacker, Le Monde, Gizmodo, Smashing, Wired, and Others.
Video Interview: Digital Image Fest Video Podcast
A hilarious parody of BumpTop on YouTube.
