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From Touchpad to Smart Lens: A Comparative Study on Smartphone Interaction with Public Displays

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  • Matthias Baldauf

    (FTW Telecommunications Research Center Vienna, Vienna, Austria)

  • Peter Fröhlich

    (FTW Telecommunications Research Center Vienna, Vienna, Austria)

  • Jasmin Buchta

    (FTW Telecommunications Research Center Vienna, Vienna, Austria)

  • Theresa Stürmer

    (FTW Telecommunications Research Center Vienna, Vienna, Austria)

Abstract

Today’s smartphones provide the technical means to serve as interfaces for public displays in various ways. Even though recent research has identified several new approaches for mobile-display interaction, inter-technique comparisons of respective methods are scarce. The authors conducted an experimental user study on four currently relevant mobile-display interaction techniques (‘Touchpad’, ‘Pointer’, ‘Mini Video’, and ‘Smart Lens’) and learned that their suitability strongly depends on the task and use case at hand. The study results indicate that mobile-display interactions based on a traditional touchpad metaphor are time-consuming but highly accurate in standard target acquisition tasks. The direct interaction techniques Mini Video and Smart Lens had comparably good completion times, and especially Mini Video appeared to be best suited for complex visual manipulation tasks like drawing. Smartphone-based pointing turned out to be generally inferior to the other alternatives. Examples for the application of these differentiated results to real-world use cases are provided.

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  • Matthias Baldauf & Peter Fröhlich & Jasmin Buchta & Theresa Stürmer, 2013. "From Touchpad to Smart Lens: A Comparative Study on Smartphone Interaction with Public Displays," International Journal of Mobile Human Computer Interaction (IJMHCI), IGI Global, vol. 5(2), pages 1-20, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:jmhci0:v:5:y:2013:i:2:p:1-20
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