MemTable: an integrated system for capture and recall of shared histories in group workspaces

This paper presents the design, implementation, and evaluation of an interactive tabletop system that supports co-located meeting capture and asynchronous search and review of past meetings. The goal of the project is to evaluate the design of a conference table that augments the everyday work patterns of small collaborative groups by incorporating an integrated annotation system. We present a holistic design that values hardware ergonomics, supports heterogeneous input modalities, generates a memory of all user interactions, and provides access to historical data on and off the table. We present a user evaluation that assesses the usefulness of the input modalities and software features, and validates the effectiveness of the MemTable system as a tool for assisting memory recall. Author Keywords meeting support, history, memory, capture and recall, surface computing, memtable, ergonomics. ACM Classification Keywords H5.3. Information interfaces and presentation (e.g., HCI): Group and...

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2011
• Where: CHI
• Authors: Seth E. Hunter, Pattie Maes, Stacey D. Scott, Henry Kaufman
• Keywords: CHI 2011, Computer Supported Cooperative Work, Human Computer Interaction, Input Modalities, Memory Recall