Information exploration using The Pond

Ståhl, Olov; Wallberg, Anders; Söderberg, Jonas; Humble, Jan; Fahlén, Lennart E.; Bullock, Adrian; Lundberg, Jenny

doi:10.1145/571878.571890

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“…Most digital tabletop systems consider the table as one large group workspace, not distinguishing between areas across the workspace (e.g., [18,23]). Several systems, though, provide some capabilities for maintaining personal and group workspaces.…”

Section: Partitioning In Tabletop Interfacesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Territoriality in collaborative tabletop workspaces

Scott

Carpendale

Inkpen

2004

Proceedings of the 2004 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work

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368

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Researchers seeking alternatives to traditional desktop computers have begun exploring the potential collaborative benefits of digital tabletop displays. However, there are still many open issues related to the design of collaborative tabletop interfaces, such as whether these systems should automatically orient workspace items or enforce ownership of workspace content. Understanding the natural interaction practices that people use during tabletop collaboration with traditional media (e.g., pen and paper) can help to address these issues. Interfaces that are modeled on these practices will have the additional advantage of supporting the interaction skills people have developed over years of collaborating at traditional tables. To gain a deeper understanding of these interaction practices we conducted two observational studies of traditional tabletop collaboration in both casual and formal settings. Our results reveal that collaborators use three types of tabletop territories to help coordinate their interactions within the shared tabletop workspace: personal, group, and storage territories. Findings from a spatial analysis of collaborators' tabletop interactions reveal important properties of these tabletop territories. In order to provide a comprehensive picture of the role of tabletop territoriality in collaboration, we conclude with a synthesis of our findings and previous research findings and with several relevant design implications.

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Section: Partitioning In Tabletop Interfacesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Territoriality in collaborative tabletop workspaces

Scott

Carpendale

Inkpen

2004

Proceedings of the 2004 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work

439

368

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“…For this reason we use a tabletop to present the outdoor environment to indoor users. Tabletops have also been shown to be an ideal surface for group work as they support numerous people working equally together in a shoulderto-shoulder arrangement which is not possible with wall-mounted displays [35]. Tabletops also support the ability to have physical props placed on them, and props have been shown to be useful because they are intuitive and efficient interfaces [12].…”

Section: God-like Interactionmentioning

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Implementation of god-like interaction techniques for supporting collaboration between outdoor AR and indoor tabletop users

Stafford

Piekarski

Thomas

2006

2006 IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality

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This paper presents a new interaction metaphor we have termed "god-like interaction". This is a metaphor for improved communication of situational and navigational information between 1INTRODUCTION When performing specialised operations such as search and rescue, there are people located at indoor control rooms who typically oversee and manage the situation with a high-level understanding of the situation. People working out in the field act as sensors and have a more local understanding of the situation but may not be aware of the bigger picture as it develops. Currently, communication between participants is typically achieved using basic verbal communication via radio. With a large number of people in the field, managing this communication is quite complex, and tools to make this more effective are always desired. With the availability of outdoor augmented reality (AR) systems and indoor tabletop projector display systems, how can we combine these technologies to improve collaboration between indoor and outdoor users? AR systems are mainly focussed on presenting information to a single user, and to be used as a tool for collaboration, appropriate interaction metaphors and user interfaces need to be developed.In this paper, we propose a new interaction metaphor god-like interaction that facilitates improved communication of situational and navigational information between indoor users equipped with tabletop displays, and outdoor users equipped with mobile AR systems. We have based our interactions on the capabilities of mythical god-like characters portrayed in popular culture such as the computer game Populous, where a god-like creature controls a miniature isometric view of the world, and the mini-series The Stand, in which the hand of god comes out of the sky to interact with the environment. With our new AR metaphor, indoor users work with a tabletop display that is a miniature virtual representation of the outdoor world with the same top-down perspective a god-like character would possess. Indoor users use their god-like powers to point to objects in the tabletop world, and place physical props on the table to create new life-sized objects to be experienced by AR users outdoors. Outdoor users see these changes in real-time and experience these interactions as though they are

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“…Ståhl et al's Pond tabletop system [13] provided a threedimensional interface that allowed users to browse through digital media items that appeared as floating water creatures. Items frequently queried floated to the Pond's surface while those less frequently accessed sank to the Pond's bottom.…”

Section: Related Workmentioning

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Evaluating the effects of fluid interface components on tabletop collaboration

Hinrichs

Carpendale

Scott

2006

Proceedings of the Working Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces - AVI '06

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Tabletop displays provide exciting opportunities to support individual and collaborative activities such as planning, organizing, and storyboarding. It has been previously suggested that continuous flow of interface items can ease information access and exploration on a tabletop workspace, yet this concept has not been adequately studied. This paper presents an exploratory user study of Interface Currents, a reconfigurable and mobile tabletop interface component that offers a controllable flow for interface items placed on its surface. Our study shows that Interface Currents supported information access and sharing on a tabletop workspace. The study findings also demonstrate that mobility, flexibility, and general adjustability of Interface Currents are important factors in providing interface support for variations in task and group interactions.

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Information exploration using The Pond

Cited by 24 publications

References 17 publications

Territoriality in collaborative tabletop workspaces

Territoriality in collaborative tabletop workspaces

Implementation of god-like interaction techniques for supporting collaboration between outdoor AR and indoor tabletop users

Evaluating the effects of fluid interface components on tabletop collaboration

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