Using heat maps for studying user preferences in vertical and horizontal multi-touch surfaces

Author

Molina-Rueda, A. ; Magallanes, Y. ; Sanchez, J.A. ; Enriquez, D.F.

Author_Institution

Lab. of Interactive & Cooperative Technol., Univ. de las Americas Puebla, Cholula, Mexico

fYear

2013

fDate

11-13 March 2013

Firstpage

21

Lastpage

26

Abstract

This paper presents a study of muti-touch interactive surfaces based on the use of heat maps. The results of the study sheds light on two main issues that have not been researched formally thus far: User preferences between horizontal and vertical interactive surfaces, and preferred touch zones on both types of interactive surfaces. Our findings have implications for the design of user interfaces for multi-touch surfaces as well as for the use of vertical or horizontal surfaces in individual or collaborative settings.

Keywords

interactive systems; touch sensitive screens; user interfaces; collaborative settings; heat maps; horizontal multitouch interactive surfaces; individual settings; user interfaces; user preferences; vertical multitouch interactive surfaces; Collaboration; Collaborative work; Focusing; Heating; Human computer interaction; Software;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronics, Communications and Computing (CONIELECOMP), 2013 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Cholula

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-6156-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CONIELECOMP.2013.6525751

Filename

6525751