Collaborative Task Assignment on Tabletop Computer
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1) The document summarizes a student project exploring the use of tabletop computers for collaborative work. 2) Research included studying precedent applications, traditional tabletop practices, and the evolution of tabletop computers. Interviews found face-to-face collaboration beneficial for discussion, planning, and consensus. 3) A prototype was developed for task assignment on a Microsoft Surface tabletop. Design considerations included public/private work areas and representing tasks as movable "cards" to leverage benefits of both virtual and face-to-face collaboration.
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chayan deb
New Media Design
2010-12
hci research
Bangalore
March-July 2012](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/jury-121013063711-phpapp02/85/Collaborative-Task-Assignment-on-Tabletop-Computer-1-320.jpg)
Collaborative Task Assignment on Tabletop Computer
- 1. [] chayan deb New Media Design 2010-12 hci research Bangalore March-July 2012
- 3. today’s roadmap Project Initiation, Research, Connecting Design Development the dots Prototype Conclusion
- 4. motivation 1. Multi-Touch Table from locally sourced materials 2. Interactive Installation using Gesture Recognition
- 5. project brief Study and understand the emerging field of Natural User Interfaces and design interactions for probable application for industrial / enterprise users.
- 6. Understanding NUI Problem Finding Tabletop Computers “The Computer is Personal”
- 7. direction Tabletop Computers Commercially Available Lesser Explored Education Collaborative work CSCW Entertainment Office Environment Hospitality Multi-touch capability Table-like form factor FtF / CM Large screen real estate Object Recognition Communication
- 8. research plan Research Question Precedent Studies Secondary Research Interviews Research Reflections
- 9. research question 1. Explore properties of Tabletop Computer to know which property can be leveraged upon maximum in an office scenario. 2. In what office scenarios face-to-face collaboration is absolutely necessary? What properties of face-to-face communication make them so?
- 10. precedent studies 1. Commercial Tabletop Computer applications: Sonicspree, The Real Estate Agent 2. Commercial Project Management packages: Microsoft Project
- 11. secondary research 1. Types of tables in collaboration Tables with different sizes have different purpose: Meeting Table Collaboration Table Ambient Table
- 12. secondary research 1. Types of tables in collaboration 2. Traditional tabletop work practices Turn-taking Orientation of items Personal & Private Space
- 13. secondary research 1. Types of tables in collaboration 2. Traditional tabletop work practices 3. Evolution of Tabletop Computers 1992-Now From lab prototypes to real-world applications From single-touch to multi-touch and tangibility From projection to direct-display technology
- 14. secondary research 1. Types of tables in collaboration 2. Traditional tabletop work practices 3. Evolution of Tabletop Computers 4. Computer-mediated communication vs. Face-to-face communication Reaching consensus Perception of Task Perception of colleague Intent of colleague
- 15. interview project management becomes a way of life it ultimately comes down to a meeting ! my point is that if task assignment anyways, happens in the face-to-face meeting...then almost all collaborative activities at what is the point iterating it over the some point or other involve face-to-face network . collaboration virtual is virtual social factors come into play many tasks are inter-related and there are lot of dependencies among the more conventional project management tasks...I think the ones which involve collaboration are the ones which sense of seriousness are most challenging if someone means what he or she is saying
- 16. research reflection 1. Explore properties of Tabletop Computer to know which property can be leveraged upon maximum in an office scenario. Multi-touch capability Large screen real estate Table-like form factor Object Recognition
- 17. research reflection 2. In what office scenarios face-to-face collaboration is absolutely necessary? What properties of face-to-face communication make them so? FtF communication is required in places which require discussion and planning. FtF is effective in disseminating task related information and in reaching consensus. In FtF communication, the participants become aware of each other’s intent.
- 18. re-evaluation Tabletop Computers Commercially Available Lesser Explored Education Entertainment Collaborative work CSCW Interviews Hospitality Office Environment Task Assignment Multi-touch capability Table-like form factor FtF / CM Large screen real estate Object Recognition Communication
- 19. re-evaluation The aim of the project is to: 1. Study Tabletop Computers as an emerging area in Natural User Interfaces, understand and build on its distinctive properties like its horizontal form factor and multi-touch abilities. 2. Understand advantages of face-to-face communication over computer-mediated communication. 3. Design for a Task Assignment application on the Tabletop Computer which could leverage on advantages of FtF communication.
- 20. idea generation
- 22. design goals 1. To get the best of “meeting table” and “collaboration table” on the table meant for task assignment. 2. To leverage on the “social” benefits of FtF communication and “productivity” benefits of CM communication in the design for human-human interaction and human-computer interaction during task assignment on tabletop computer. 3. To bring the task assignment activity back on table and help users reach consensus on task assignment activities faster.
- 23. design considerations & decisions 1. Public & Private Information Division of work surface for personal and group activity Release
- 24. design considerations & decisions 1. Public & Private Information Relocate
- 25. design considerations & decisions 1. Public & Private Information Reorient
- 26. design considerations & decisions 1. Public & Private Information Resize
- 27. design considerations & decisions 1. Public & Private Information 2. Managing Display Elements Replicated controls over centralized controls: Ease of collaboration Usability Usage of screen real-estate User preference
- 28. design considerations & decisions 1. Public & Private Information 2. Managing Display Elements 3. Occlusion Address right-handed occlusion: 270o menu Multi-level sub-menus
- 29. design considerations & decisions 1. Public & Private Information 2. Managing Display Elements 3. Occlusion 4. Democracy Address the hierarchy issue in FtF discussion: All tasks are independently represented as cards
- 30. design considerations & decisions 1. Public & Private Information 2. Managing Display Elements 3. Occlusion 4. Democracy 5. Metaphors Attempt to make each task cards as “full metaphor”
- 31. design considerations & decisions 1. Public & Private Information 2. Managing Display Elements 3. Occlusion 4. Democracy 5. Metaphors Attempt to retain the feel of working with Skeuomorphs 6. physical documents on a table
- 32. hardware Samsung SUR40 with Microsoft PixelSense Popularly called Microsoft Surface 2.0
- 33. software SDK for Microsoft Surface 2.0 Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 # C#
- 34. prototype
- 35. connecting the dots ...
- 36. 1. Why Microsoft Surface tabletop computer?
- 37. 1. Why Microsoft Surface tabletop computer? 2. Why Task Assignment?
- 38. 1. Why Microsoft Surface tabletop computer? 2. Why Task Assignment? 3. Why ‘tasks’ as ‘cards’?
- 39. 1. Why Microsoft Surface tabletop computer? 2. Why Task Assignment? 3. Why ‘tasks’ as ‘cards’? 4. Why only 2 login windows on Task Assignment application start- up?
- 40. 1. Why Microsoft Surface tabletop computer? 2. Why Task Assignment? 3. Why ‘tasks’ as ‘cards’? 4. Why only 2 login windows on Task Assignment application start-up? 5. Why a specific arrangement of information on task cards?
- 41. 1. Why Microsoft Surface tabletop computer? 2. Why Task Assignment? 3. Why ‘tasks’ as ‘cards’? 4. Why only 2 login windows on Task Assignment application start-up? 5. Why a specific arrangement of information on task cards? 6. Why task cards are scattered and not arranged?
- 42. analysis 1. Comparative Study 2. Heuristic Evaluation
- 43. conclusion 1. Can be used as a platform to gauge project development. 2. Learning as a Designer, Researcher and as a Person
- 44. thank you