In recent years, a lot of research focused on using smartphones as input devices for distant screens, in many cases by means of native applications. At the same time, prior work often ignored the downsides of native applications for practical usage, such as the need for download and the required installation process. This hampers the spontaneous use of an interactive service. To address the aforementioned drawbacks, we introduce ATREUS, an open-source framework which enables creating and provisioning manifold mobile remote controls as plain web applications. We describe the basic architecture of ATREUS and present four functional remote controls realized using the framework. Two sophisticated controls, the Mini Video and the Smart Lens approach, have been previously implemented as native applications only. Furthermore, we report on lessons learned for realizing web-based remote controls during functional tests and finally present the results of an informal user study.    «

In recent years, a lot of research focused on using smartphones as input devices for distant screens, in many cases by means of native applications. At the same time, prior work often ignored the downsides of native applications for practical usage, such as the need for download and the required installation process. This hampers the spontaneous use of an interactive service. To address the aforementioned drawbacks, we introduce ATREUS, an open-source framework which enables creating and provisi...    »