Interactivity and non-interactivity on tabletops

2010. Kenton O'Hara
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.

Abstract

In the growing field of tabletop computing research, there has been an understandable focus on interactive aspects of tabletop use, in terms of technology, design, and behavioural analysis. In this paper, I highlight the importance of considering also non-interactive aspects of tabletop computing and the mutually dependent relationship between interactive and non-interactive. We illustrate aspects of this relationship using findings from a deployment of an interactive tabletop in a public setting. The findings highlight how consequences of interaction can impact on non-interactive behaviours and intentions and how non-interactive actions can constrain interactive behaviours on the tabletop. In doing this we aim to raise more awareness of the relationship between interactivity and non-interactivity within tabletop computing research.

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Citation

O'Hara, K. (2010). Interactivity and non-interactivity on tabletops. Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 2611–2614). New York, NY, USA: Association for Computing Machinery. URL: https://doi.org/10.1145/1753326.1753723, doi:10.1145/1753326.1753723

BibTeX

@inproceedings{10.1145/1753326.1753723,
author = {O'Hara, Kenton},
title = {Interactivity and non-interactivity on tabletops},
year = {2010},
isbn = {9781605589299},
publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
address = {New York, NY, USA},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/1753326.1753723},
doi = {10.1145/1753326.1753723},
abstract = {In the growing field of tabletop computing research, there has been an understandable focus on interactive aspects of tabletop use, in terms of technology, design, and behavioural analysis. In this paper, I highlight the importance of considering also non-interactive aspects of tabletop computing and the mutually dependent relationship between interactive and non-interactive. We illustrate aspects of this relationship using findings from a deployment of an interactive tabletop in a public setting. The findings highlight how consequences of interaction can impact on non-interactive behaviours and intentions and how non-interactive actions can constrain interactive behaviours on the tabletop. In doing this we aim to raise more awareness of the relationship between interactivity and non-interactivity within tabletop computing research.},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems},
pages = {2611–2614},
numpages = {4},
keywords = {interactivity, non-interactivity, tabletops},
location = {Atlanta, Georgia, USA},
series = {CHI '10}
}