Paper Info
Title
Sparkle: an ambient light display for dynamic off-screen points of interest
Abstract
In this paper we present Sparkle, an ambient light display for dynamic off-screen points of interest (POIs) embedded with a tablet computer. We report on the design process using a virtual prototype to inform design decisions for the physical prototype used in the evaluation as well as on the results of our experiment. We show that Sparkle reduces a user's workload and increases the perceived usability. Compared to state-of-the-art on-screen display techniques for off-screen POIs Sparkle proves to be robust and competitive. We contribute to the community by demonstrating the beneficial use of ambient light displays in combination with tablet size computers. Ambient light can serve as an alternative in situations where on-screen aids are not permissible.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1145/2639189.2639205
NordiCHI
Keywords
Field
DocType
design tools and techniques,ambient light display,design,off-screen,human factors,user interfaces,points of interest,tablet,visualization,measurement,evaluations,peripheral interaction,virtual prototype
Computer graphics (images),Workload,Computer science,Visualization,Usability,Human–computer interaction,Engineering design process,Point of interest,Multimedia
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
11
0.65
15
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Heiko Müller1465.19
Andreas Löcken29511.04
Wilko Heuten358273.55
Susanne Boll41863197.71