TY - GEN
T1 - Assessing feedback for indirect shared interaction with public displays
AU - Cardoso, Jorge C.S.
AU - José, Rui
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Interaction is a key element in turning public displays into a platform for social interaction, making them more engaging and valuable. However, interactive features are still rare in public displays, due to the lack of generalised abstractions for incorporating interactivity. In our work, we explore to what extent the concept of interaction widget, which was so successful on desktop computers, could also be used as an abstraction for remote, shared interaction with public displays. A particular challenge is presenting input feedback in this shared, multi-user, and indirect interaction setting. In this paper, we present a study on the feedback mechanisms of these widgets, to determine if users are able to understand the results of interactions in single and multi-user settings. We have evaluated three feedback mechanisms and the results indicate that the general mechanism provides an appropriate sense of what is happening and could in fact provide general awareness of the interaction alternatives and current status, even in multi-user scenarios.
AB - Interaction is a key element in turning public displays into a platform for social interaction, making them more engaging and valuable. However, interactive features are still rare in public displays, due to the lack of generalised abstractions for incorporating interactivity. In our work, we explore to what extent the concept of interaction widget, which was so successful on desktop computers, could also be used as an abstraction for remote, shared interaction with public displays. A particular challenge is presenting input feedback in this shared, multi-user, and indirect interaction setting. In this paper, we present a study on the feedback mechanisms of these widgets, to determine if users are able to understand the results of interactions in single and multi-user settings. We have evaluated three feedback mechanisms and the results indicate that the general mechanism provides an appropriate sense of what is happening and could in fact provide general awareness of the interaction alternatives and current status, even in multi-user scenarios.
KW - Interactive public displays
KW - Remote interaction
KW - Widgets
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/81255163131
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-25126-9_67
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-25126-9_67
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:81255163131
SN - 9783642251252
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 553
EP - 561
BT - On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems, OTM 2011 Workshops - Confederated Int. Workshops and Posters
PB - Springer Verlag
T2 - 10th Confederated International Workshops and Posters on On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems, OTM 2011: EI2N+NSF ICE 2011, ICSP+INBAST 2011, ISDE 2011, ORM 2011, OTMA 2011, SWWS+MONET+SeDeS 2011, and VADER 2011
Y2 - 17 October 2011 through 21 October 2011
ER -