Rapid serial visual presentation techniques for consumer digital video devices

In this paper we propose a new model for a class of rapid serial visual presentation (RSVP) interfaces [16] in the context of consumer video devices. The basic spatial layout “explodes” a sequence of image frames into a 3D trail in order to provide more context for a spatial/temporal presentation. As the user plays forward or back, the trail advances or recedes while the image in the foreground focus position is replaced. The design is able to incorporate a variety of methods for analyzing or highlighting images in the trail. Our hypotheses are that users can navigate more quickly and precisely to points of interest when compared to conventional consumer-based browsing, channel flipping, or fast-forwarding techniques. We report on an experiment testing our hypotheses in which we found that subjects were more accurate but not faster in browsing to a target of interest in recorded television content with a TV remote. Keywords Rapid Serial Visual Presentation, RSVP, multimedia interf...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2003
• Where: UIST
• Authors: Kent Wittenburg, Clifton Forlines, Tom Lanning, Alan Esenther, Shigeo Harada, Taizo Miyachi
• Keywords: Basic Spatial Layout, Consumer Video Devices, Rapid Serial Visual Presentation, UIST 2003