TR2005-096

DTLens: Multi-user Tabletop Spatial Data Exploration

    •  Forlines, C., Shen, C., "DTLens: Multi-user Tabletop Spatial Data Exploration", ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST), October 2005, pp. 119-122.
      BibTeX TR2005-096 PDF
      • @inproceedings{Forlines2005oct1,
      • author = {Forlines, C. and Shen, C.},
      • title = {DTLens: Multi-user Tabletop Spatial Data Exploration},
      • booktitle = {ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST)},
      • year = 2005,
      • pages = {119--122},
      • month = oct,
      • isbn = {1-59593-271-2},
      • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2005-096}
      • }
  • Research Area:

    Human-Computer Interaction

Abstract:

Supporting groups of individuals exploring large maps and design diagrams on interactive tabletops is till an open research problem. Today's geospatial, mechanical engineering and CAD design applications are mostly single-user, keyboard and mouse-based desktop applications. In this paper, we present the design of and experience with DTLens, a new zoom-in-context, multi-user, two-handed, multi-lens interaction technique that enables group exploration of spatial data with multiple individual lenses on the same direct-touch interactive tabletop. DTLens provides a set of consistent interactions on lens operations, thus minimizes tool switching by users during spatial data exploration.

 

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      Where: ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST)
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      Brief
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