Exploring how tangible tools enable collaboration in a multi-touch tabletop game

Speelpenning, T; Antle, AN; Doering, T; Van Den Hoven, E

Exploring how tangible tools enable collaboration in a multi-touch tabletop game

Speelpenning, T Antle, AN Doering, T Van Den Hoven, E

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Citation:: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), 2011, 6947 LNCS (PART 2), pp. 605 - 621
Issue Date:: 2011-09-20

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dc.contributor.author	Speelpenning, T	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Antle, AN	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Doering, T	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Van Den Hoven, E https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0888-1426	en_US
dc.date.issued	2011-09-20	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), 2011, 6947 LNCS (PART 2), pp. 605 - 621	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	9783642237706	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0302-9743	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/30008
dc.description.abstract	Digital tabletop surfaces afford multiple user interaction and collaboration. Hybrid tabletops that include both tangible and multi-touch elements are increasingly being deployed in public settings (e.g. Microsoft Surface, reacTable). Designers need to understand how the different characteristics of tangible and multi-touch interface elements affect collaborative activity on tabletops. In this paper, we report on a mixed methods exploratory study of a collaborative tabletop game about sustainable development. We explore the effects of tangible and multi-touch tools on collaborative activity. Forty-five participants, in trios, played the game using both versions of the tools. Our analysis includes quantitative performance measures, qualitative themes and behavioral measures. Findings suggest that both tangible and multi-touch tools enabled effective tool use and that collaborative activity was more influenced by group dynamics than tool modality. However, we observed that the physicality of the tangible tools facilitated individual ownership and announcement of tool use, which in turn supported group and tool awareness. © 2011 IFIP International Federation for Information Processing.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1007/978-3-642-23771-3_45	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	en_US
dc.title	Exploring how tangible tools enable collaboration in a multi-touch tabletop game	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.citation.volume	PART 2	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	6947 LNCS	en_US
utslib.for	1203 Design Practice and Management	en_US
utslib.for	080602 Computer-Human Interaction	en_US
dc.location.activity	Lisbon, Portugal	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Computer Science
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CCDP - Contemporary Design Practice
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pubs.issue	PART 2	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	6947 LNCS	en_US

Abstract:

Digital tabletop surfaces afford multiple user interaction and collaboration. Hybrid tabletops that include both tangible and multi-touch elements are increasingly being deployed in public settings (e.g. Microsoft Surface, reacTable). Designers need to understand how the different characteristics of tangible and multi-touch interface elements affect collaborative activity on tabletops. In this paper, we report on a mixed methods exploratory study of a collaborative tabletop game about sustainable development. We explore the effects of tangible and multi-touch tools on collaborative activity. Forty-five participants, in trios, played the game using both versions of the tools. Our analysis includes quantitative performance measures, qualitative themes and behavioral measures. Findings suggest that both tangible and multi-touch tools enabled effective tool use and that collaborative activity was more influenced by group dynamics than tool modality. However, we observed that the physicality of the tangible tools facilitated individual ownership and announcement of tool use, which in turn supported group and tool awareness. © 2011 IFIP International Federation for Information Processing.

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