Introduction

May one claim that she never had a frustrating user experience as due to the clumsiness of a Graphical User Interface (or GUI) ?
Reinforced by a growing interest for human-machine ergonomics and the rapid evolution of automatic identification technologies (Auto-IDs) (see [9]), tangible user interfaces have been intensively studied over the last couples of years.
This paper exposes the use of TUIs for media related manipulations by reviewing and summarizing three major articles in the domain: [19,3,17]. Finally, it discusses the media TUIs focusing on their future, added-value and ergonomics. To start with, some essential background notions about media, TUIs and the technologies behind them will be provided.