TR2009-003

The WeSpace: The Design, Development, and Deployment of a Walk-Up and Share Multi-Surface Visual Collaboration System

    •  Wigdor, D., Jian, H., Forlines, C., Borkin, M., Shen, C., "The WeSpace: The Design, Development, and Deployment of a Walk-Up and Share Multi-Surface Visual Collaboration System", ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), April 2009.
      BibTeX TR2009-003 PDF
      • @inproceedings{Wigdor2009apr,
      • author = {Wigdor, D. and Jian, H. and Forlines, C. and Borkin, M. and Shen, C.},
      • title = {The WeSpace: The Design, Development, and Deployment of a Walk-Up and Share Multi-Surface Visual Collaboration System},
      • booktitle = {ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI)},
      • year = 2009,
      • month = apr,
      • isbn = {978-1-60558-246-7},
      • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2009-003}
      • }
  • Research Area:

    Human-Computer Interaction

Abstract:

We present WeSpace - a collaborative work space that integrates a large data wall with a multi-user multi-touch table. WeSpace has been developed for a population of scientists who frequently meet in small groups for data exploration and visualization. It provides a low overhead walk-up and share environment for users with their own personal applications and laptops. We present our year-long effort from initial ethnographic studies, to iterations of design, developement and user testing, to the current experiences of these scientists carrying out their collaborative research in the WeSpace. We shed light on the utility, the value of the multi-touch table, the manifestation, usage patterns and the changes in their workflow that WeSpace has brought about.

 

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