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The Effect of View Techniques on Collaboration and Awareness in Tabletop Map-Based Tasks

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Christophe Bortolaso,

Matthew Oskamp,

T.C. Nicholas GrahamAuthors Info & Claims

ITS '14: Proceedings of the Ninth ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces

Pages 79 - 88

https://doi.org/10.1145/2669485.2669504

Published: 16 November 2014 Publication History

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Digital tabletops have become a natural medium for collaborative planning activities involving maps. Such activities are typically mixed-focus, where users switch between high-level and detailed views of the map and between individual and collaborative work. A wide range of view-sharing techniques such as lenses, zooming and radar views provide both shared and individual access to the same workspace. However, it is not yet sufficiently clear how the choice of view techniques affects collaboration in mixed-focus scenarios. In this paper, we explore the effect of different view techniques on collaborative map-based tasks around tables. We report on two studies in the context of military planning, one in a controlled environment and one in an open-ended scenario carried out by domain experts. Our findings show how the success of different techniques is sensitive to the form of collaboration and to the proximity of work on the table.

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The Effect of View Techniques on Collaboration and Awareness in Tabletop Map-Based Tasks
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Collaborative and social computing
    1. Collaborative and social computing theory, concepts and paradigms
      1. Computer supported cooperative work
2. Social and professional topics
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    1. Computing and business
      1. Computer supported cooperative work

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ITS '14: Proceedings of the Ninth ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces

November 2014

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ISBN:9781450325875

DOI:10.1145/2669485

General Chairs:
Raimund Dachselt
Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
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Nicholas Graham
Queen's University, Canada
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University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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University of St. Andrews, UK

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