Publication
The better remote control: Multiuser interaction with public displays
Michael Kruppa
In: Andreas Butz; Christian Kray; Antonio Krüger; Albrecht Schmidt (Hrsg.). Proceedings of the MU3I workshop at IUI 2004. Workshop on Multi-User and Ubiquitous User Interfaces (MU3I-04), located at Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI) 2004, January 13, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, Pages 1-6, Universität des Saarlandes, 2004.
Abstract
The issue of multiuser interaction with a single device is
addressed in a typical situation of educational
entertainment: the visit to a museum. To allow for these
multiuser interactions, the museum is equipped with
stationary systems, so called Virtual Windows, which are
distributed throughout the museum. While each visitor may
rent a mobile information system, based on a personal
digital assistant, the number of stationary systems is
significantly lower than the number of visitors in the
museum. Hence, to maximize the benefit of the visitors, it
is necessary to allow several users to interact with a Virtual
Window at the same time. Since these multiuser
interactions are uncommon to most users, a virtual
character is used to support the users in their interactions.