Cross-device interaction with tablets is a popular topic in HCI research. Recent work has shown the benefits of including multiple devices into users’ workflows while various interaction techniques allow transferring content across devices. However, users are only reluctantly using multiple devices in combination. At the same time, research on cross-device interaction struggles to find a frame of reference to compare techniques or systems. In this paper, we try to address these challenges by studying the interplay of interaction techniques, device utilization, and task-specific activities in a user study with 24 participants from different but complementary angles of evaluation using an abstract task, a sensemaking task, and three interaction techniques. We found that different interaction techniques have a lower influence than expected, that work behaviors and device utilization depend on the task at hand, and that participants value specific aspects of cross-device interaction.
%0 Conference Paper
%1 zagermann2020other
%A Zagermann, Johannes
%A Pfeil, Ulrike
%A von Bauer, Philipp
%A Fink, Daniel
%A Reiterer, Harald
%B Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
%D 2020
%K 2020 C01 sfbtrr161
%P 413:1-413:13
%R 10.1145/3313831.3376540
%T "It’s in my other hand!": Studying the Interplay of Interaction Techniques and Multi-Tablet Activities
%U https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3313831.3376540
%X Cross-device interaction with tablets is a popular topic in HCI research. Recent work has shown the benefits of including multiple devices into users’ workflows while various interaction techniques allow transferring content across devices. However, users are only reluctantly using multiple devices in combination. At the same time, research on cross-device interaction struggles to find a frame of reference to compare techniques or systems. In this paper, we try to address these challenges by studying the interplay of interaction techniques, device utilization, and task-specific activities in a user study with 24 participants from different but complementary angles of evaluation using an abstract task, a sensemaking task, and three interaction techniques. We found that different interaction techniques have a lower influence than expected, that work behaviors and device utilization depend on the task at hand, and that participants value specific aspects of cross-device interaction.
@inproceedings{zagermann2020other,
abstract = {Cross-device interaction with tablets is a popular topic in HCI research. Recent work has shown the benefits of including multiple devices into users’ workflows while various interaction techniques allow transferring content across devices. However, users are only reluctantly using multiple devices in combination. At the same time, research on cross-device interaction struggles to find a frame of reference to compare techniques or systems. In this paper, we try to address these challenges by studying the interplay of interaction techniques, device utilization, and task-specific activities in a user study with 24 participants from different but complementary angles of evaluation using an abstract task, a sensemaking task, and three interaction techniques. We found that different interaction techniques have a lower influence than expected, that work behaviors and device utilization depend on the task at hand, and that participants value specific aspects of cross-device interaction.},
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author = {Zagermann, Johannes and Pfeil, Ulrike and von Bauer, Philipp and Fink, Daniel and Reiterer, Harald},
biburl = {https://puma.ub.uni-stuttgart.de/bibtex/2ef05bfb2c6bd7d333ba7416e682f6096/leonkokkoliadis},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems},
doi = {10.1145/3313831.3376540},
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keywords = {2020 C01 sfbtrr161},
pages = {413:1-413:13},
timestamp = {2020-04-27T19:23:23.000+0200},
title = {"It’s in my other hand!": Studying the Interplay of Interaction Techniques and Multi-Tablet Activities},
url = {https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3313831.3376540},
year = 2020
}
