WeSpace: the design development and deployment of a walk-up and share multi-surface visual collaboration system

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, development 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. Author Keywords horizontal display, shared-display groupware, multimonitor interfaces, collocated collaboration ACM Classification Keywords H.5.3. [Information Interfaces and Presentation (e.g., HCI)]: Group and Organization Interface...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2009
• Where: CHI
• Authors: Daniel Wigdor, Hao Jiang, Clifton Forlines, Michelle Borkin, Chia Shen
• Keywords: CHI 2009, Collaborative Work Space, Human Computer Interaction, Multi-touch Table, Multi-user Multi-touch Table