Large Displays in the Home

Nicole ArkseyUBC

March 29, 2007

Outline

Motivation

Design of shared large screens Study 1: Shared real-estate Study 2: Small & large screens

Family Blog

Conclusion

Motivation

Screens are becoming larger & cheaper in the home

Study 1: Shared screen real-estate

Goal: understand users perception of sharing large screen display How screen real-estate is

managed? How can we denote what users can control? How do users ensure that

individual activities do not intrude on others?

Users completed parallel tasks on large display while watching TV

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Study 1: Shared screen real-estate

Key Learnings Relationship between physical location and

screen real-estate including user strategies for conflict avoidance

Ownership, control and need for clear affordances when sharing screen objects.

Sizing and layout policies and the tension between automatic policies and user control

Mouse is not useful interaction device in home for display

Study 2: Small & Large Screens

Goal: understand the use of small personal screens along with large displays Are some tasks more effective on the large display or

the small display? Do users hav a preference? What about personal vs collaborative tasks ? Are users comfortable using cell phone as interaction

device?

Study 2: Small & Large Screens

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Users completed parallel & collaboration

tasks on large & personal display

Study 2: Small & Large Screens

Key Learnings User preference for tasks that operate on either

personal or shared display but doesn't switch between both

Users preference for large display for collaborative tasks

Use of personal device for controlling large screen applications.

Users comfortable with others completing personal tasks on personal display

Family Blog

Utilize learnings from large screen studies to design collaborative family blog application

Family Blog Application Create media on phone Share media with family on large display Create and publish shared story on large

display

Family Blog

Family Blog

Learnings from previous studies:

Individual areas Color to indicate

control & ownership Individual cursors Automatic layout

policies Relative location Large display utilized

for collaboration

Conclusion

Completed 2 users studies investigation different aspects of large screens in the home: Shared screen real-estate Small and large screens

Designed Family Blog application which embodies lessons learned from studies

Family Blog next steps... Validate design with user study Working on adding gesture support with phones