Vistribute: Distributing interactive visualizations in dynamic multi-device setups

Research output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/reportConference contributionContributedpeer-review

Contributors

Abstract

We present Vistribute, a framework for the automatic distribution of visualizations and UI components across multiple heterogeneous devices. Our framework consists of three parts: (i) a design space considering properties and relationships of interactive visualizations, devices, and user preferences in multi-display environments; (ii) specific heuristics incorporating these dimensions for guiding the distribution for a given interface and device ensemble; and (iii) a web-based implementation instantiating these heuristics to automatically generate a distribution as well as providing interaction mechanisms for user-defined adaptations. In contrast to existing UI distribution systems, we are able to infer all required information by analyzing the visualizations and devices without relying on additional input provided by users or programmers. In a qualitative study, we let experts create their own distributions and rate both other manual distributions and our automatic ones. We found that all distributions provided comparable quality, hence validating our framework.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCHI 2019 - Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
Number of pages13
ISBN (electronic)9781450359702
Publication statusPublished - 2 May 2019
Peer-reviewedYes

Publication series

SeriesCHI: Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
ISSN1062-9432

Conference

TitleCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2019
Abbreviated titleCHI 2019
Conference number
Duration4 - 9 May 2019
Location
CityGlasgow
CountryUnited Kingdom

External IDs

ORCID /0000-0002-2176-876X/work/159171500

Keywords

Keywords

  • Cross-device interaction, Cross-device visualization, Distributed user interfaces, Infovis, Multi-display environments