Supporting collaboration in multi display environments

支持多显示环境中的协作

• 批准号: 203958-2006
• 负责人: Inkpen, Kori
• 金额: $ 1.74万
• 依托单位: Dalhousie University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2006-01-01 至 2007-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=337837
• 关键词: Supporting; collaboration; multi; display; environments

As display costs fall and users' needs for additional display space grows, multi-display environments (MDEs) are increasing in popularity. Whether it is an individual user with tiled monitors, or a large, technology-rich conference room, equipped with wall and tabletop displays, very little is known about how to effectively design multi-monitor environments and how users may ultimately interact with these workspaces. As displays become ubiquitous in our environment, we need to think carefully about how information is managed across these displays and how users (in particular, co-located collaborators) will interact with these displays. The focus of this research is on the use of MDEs to support small-group, face-to-face collaboration. We are interested in developing a better understanding how users interact in MDEs and building new interaction techniques to enable users to collaborate in a natural, seamless manner. Over the next five years, the prevalence of multi-display environments will increase dramatically, both in the workplace and in the home. These environments have the potential to be significantly underutilized without an appropriate understanding of how to effectively design multi-display systems which support co-located collaboration. Current computer technology constrains our collaborative interactions and forces us to adapt to inferior but available interaction styles available. However, the underlying architectures for MDEs do not currently exist. Therefore, research in this area will help shape the systems that are ultimately developed and influence the way systems and application designers think about MDEs.

随着显示成本的下降和用户对额外显示空间需求的增长，多显示环境（MDEs）越来越受欢迎。无论是使用平铺显示器的个人用户，还是配备墙壁和桌面显示器的大型技术丰富的会议室，对于如何有效地设计多显示器环境以及用户最终如何与这些工作空间进行交互，我们所知甚少。随着显示器在我们的环境中变得无处不在，我们需要仔细考虑如何跨这些显示器管理信息，以及用户（特别是同地协作者）将如何与这些显示器进行交互。这项研究的重点是使用MDEs来支持小团体面对面的协作。我们感兴趣的是更好地理解用户在MDEs中的交互方式，并构建新的交互技术，使用户能够以自然、无缝的方式协作。在未来五年内，无论是在工作场所还是在家庭中，多显示环境的普及将急剧增加。如果不适当地了解如何有效地设计支持同一位置协作的多显示系统，这些环境就有可能被充分利用。当前的计算机技术限制了我们的协作交互，并迫使我们适应较差但可用的交互风格。然而，mde的底层架构目前还不存在。因此，该领域的研究将有助于塑造最终开发的系统，并影响系统和应用程序设计者对mde的思考方式。