Little fingers on the tabletop: A usability evaluation in the kindergarten

Author

Mansor, Evi Indriasari ; De Angeli, Antonella ; De Bruijn, Oscar

Author_Institution

Univ. of Manchester, Manchester

fYear

2008

fDate

1-3 Oct. 2008

Firstpage

93

Lastpage

96

Abstract

This paper presents selected results from an experimental study designed to compare fantasy play in a virtual and physical setting. Twenty-two children (aged 3 and 4) played in same-sex dyads with a real wooden tree house and its virtual implementation on a DiamondTouch tabletop. The study evinced several problems in the interaction with the tabletop as children often struggled to drag the objects displayed on the surface. An error analysis is presented and results are used to propose guidelines for improving the use of DiamondTouch tabletops by young children.

Keywords

computer games; error analysis; virtual reality; DiamondTouch tabletop; error analysis; fantasy play; kindergarten; physical setting; usability evaluation; virtual setting; Aging; Collaboration; Computer applications; Error analysis; Fingers; Guidelines; Permission; Recruitment; Usability; Virtual environment;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Horizontal Interactive Human Computer Systems, 2008. TABLETOP 2008. 3rd IEEE International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Amsterdam

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2897-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2898-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TABLETOP.2008.4660190

Filename

4660190