Title :
Collaborative Design in a Tabletop System employing Tangible User Interfaces
Author :
Kim, Mi Jeong ; Maher, Mary Lou
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Sydney, Sydney
Abstract :
Tabletop systems including novel user interfaces provide an effective platform for design collaboration. This research studied the effects of a tabletop system with tangible user interfaces on designers´ spatial cognition and design communication in collaborative design. The empirical results reveal that the use of TUIs changed designers´ spatial cognition, and that these changes affected the design process by increasing characteristics associated with creative design processes.
Keywords :
design; groupware; microcomputers; user interfaces; collaborative design; creative design process; design collaboration; design communication; spatial cognition; tabletop system; tangible user interface; Cognition; Collaborative work; Communication channels; Computer architecture; Computer displays; Computer interfaces; Human computer interaction; International collaboration; Process design; User interfaces; Collaborative Design; Spatial cognition; Tabletop systems; Tangible User Interfaces;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design, 2007. CSCWD 2007. 11th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, Vic.
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0963-2
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0963-2
DOI :
10.1109/CSCWD.2007.4281433
