Abstract / Description of output
In this paper we describe our findings from a field study that was conducted at the Vancouver Aquarium to investigate how visitors interact with a large interactive table exhibit using multi-touch gestures. Our findings show that the choice and use of multi-touch gestures are influenced not only by general preferences for certain gestures but also by the interaction context and social context they occur in. We found that gestures are not executed in isolation but linked into sequences where previous gestures influence the formation of subsequent gestures. Furthermore, gestures were used beyond the manipulation of media items to support social encounters around the tabletop exhibit. Our findings indicate the importance of versatile many-to-one mappings between gestures and their actions that, other than one-to-one mappings, can support fluid transitions between gestures as part of sequences and facilitate social information exploration.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems |
Place of Publication | New York, NY, USA |
Publisher | ACM Association for Computing Machinery |
Pages | 3023–3032 |
Number of pages | 10 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781450302289 |
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Publication status | Published - 7 May 2011 |
Event | CHI 2011 ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Vancouver, Canada Duration: 7 May 2011 → 12 May 2011 http://chi2011.org/index.html |
Conference
Conference | CHI 2011 ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems |
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Country/Territory | Canada |
City | Vancouver |
Period | 7/05/11 → 12/05/11 |
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Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)
- direct-touch interaction
- public displays
- field study
- tabletop displays
- multi-touch gestures