Physics simulation-based interaction for surface computing

A computer-implemented method that facilitates simulating physics in connection with surface computing, comprising:

• under control of one or more processors configured with executable instructions:
• detecting a surface input on a surface;
• generating a proxy object for the surface input;
• identifying a contour of the surface input;
• dynamically modeling the contour of the surface input with a plurality of proxy particle objects;
• and
• employing a force, a velocity, and/or a friction for each proxy particle object between a first frame and a second frame of surface input detection.

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• under control of one or more processors configured with executable instructions:
• detecting a surface input, the detected surface input enabling a physical interaction with a portion of displayed data on a surface;
• integrating a portion of Newtonian physics into the physical interaction with the portion of displayed data to model a quantity related to the portion of displayed data, the quantity comprising a force, a mass, a velocity, or a friction;
• generating a proxy object for the detected surface input, the detected surface input being incorporated into a physics simulation;
• modeling a contour shape of the detected surface input with a plurality of proxy objects, a contour of the plurality of proxy objects comprising a particle proxy;
• and
• employing a physic update related to the portion of Newtonian physics to the particle proxy between a first simulation frame and a second simulation frame.