Interactive Workspaces: Multi-user, Multi-touch, Multi-device

Abstract

In multi-user and multi-device environments, users want to focus on the task at hand, while taking full advantage of group dynamics and different interaction styles. Multi-touch surfaces are well-known to support collaboration, and while most users are not familiar with multi-touch interaction, expectations are always very high. Depending on their deployment, multi-touch systems impose specific requirements on the accessibility of the interface. In particular environments, users typically interact with an interface over a short time-span, and therefore have limited time to explore the new ways of interacting. Our research primarily focuses on creating such setups and enhancing their accessibility.