Tabletop Briefing

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Tabletop Briefing

• Enabling effective briefings with Direct-Touch
  Tabletops

2006-12-12 CS376 Project Presentation
Håvard Sjøvoll (sjovoll_at_stanford.edu)
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Motivation

• Petroleum Industry
• Demand for overall understanding of complex
  problems, tasks and situations
• Integrated Operations
• Concurrent Design
• Direct-Touch Tabletops
• Promising technology
• Enables rapid get-togethers
• Positive influence on working styles and group
  dynamics1
• Avoids passivity Short distance to content,
  direct manipulation
• Can serve as external cognitive medium1
• Research areas guidelines, UI, interaction
  teqhniques, usability

1Shen, C. et.al, Informing the Design of
Direct-Touch Tabletops (2006)
Motivation Hypothesis Method Results
Conclusion
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Hypothesis

• Co-located briefings using direct-touch
  tabletops are more effective, collaborative and
  engaging than projection-based briefings.

gt effective collaborative engaging
direct-touch tabletop
projection-based
Motivation Hypothesis Method Results
Conclusion
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Method

• Prototype of briefing-tool supporting both
  form-factors
• Drag / rotate / sketch
• Briefing Wet-towing and installation of subsea
  templates
• Within subject
• Alternating order
• 18 participants
• Questionnaire

Tabletop
Wall-projection
Motivation Hypothesis Method Results
Conclusion
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Results
p 0.11
p 0.77
p 0.0004
p 0.0008
Motivation Hypothesis Method Results
Conclusion
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Results

• Form-factor preference
• TableTop 75
• Irrelevance
• Order of briefings
• Placement around table
• Previous experiences
• Briefings
• Direct-Touch Tabletop
• Possible error
• Simplicity of briefieng

Form-factor preference
Motivation Hypothesis Method Results
Conclusion
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Results

• I preferred the touchtable. Even though I didnt
  participate in the briefing, there was the
  possibility of being able to interact with the
  board and that led me to be more attentive.
• The projector-based briefing made me feel less
  involved
• I preferred the projector because the
  information was facing me and I didnt have to do
  anything but listen

Motivation Hypothesis Method Results
Conclusion
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Conclusions - TableTop Briefing

• Equally or more effective, collaborative and
  engaging
• Case-specific results
• Prevents passivity
• Enables two-way communication
• Questions
• Discussions
• Future work Problem solving
• A preferred alternative, not a solution

Motivation Hypothesis Method Results
Conclusion
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Questions

• Thank you for your attention

2006-12-12 CS376 Project Presentation
Håvard Sjøvoll (sjovoll_at_stanford.edu)