Authors:
Tanja Blascheck
1
and
Petra Isenberg
2
Affiliations:
1
University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
;
2
Université Paris Saclay, CNRS, Inria, France
Keyword(s):
Glanceable Visualization, Quantitative Evaluation, Desktop, Smartwatch, Display Size, Perception.
Abstract:
We replicated a smartwatch perception experiment on the topic of glanceable visualizations. The initial study used a setup that involved showing stimuli on an actual smartwatch attached to a wooden stand and a laptop to run and log the experiment and communicate with the smartwatch. In our replication we wanted to test whether a much simpler setup that involved showing the same stimuli on a laptop screen with similar pixel size and density would lead to similar results. We also extended the initial study by testing to what extent the size of the stimulus played a role for the results. Our results indicate that the general trends observed in the original study mostly held also on the larger display, with only a few differences in certain conditions. Yet, participants were slower on the large display. We also found no evidence of a difference for the two different stimulus display sizes we tested. Our study, thus, gives evidence that simulating smartwatch displays on laptop screens wit
h similar resolution and pixel size might be a viable alternative for smartwatch perception studies with visualizations.
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