Nimbus & Focus : The Impact of Architectural Design on Public Displays

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ten Koppel, Maurice ; Bailly, Gilles ; Müller, Jörg ; Walter, Robert:
Nimbus & Focus : The Impact of Architectural Design on Public Displays.
In: CHI '12 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems. - New Yord : ACM , 2012
ISBN 978-1-4503-1016-1

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Abstract

The architectural environment of public displays has a huge influence on their usage. In this position paper we present a design space based on two complementary concepts, Nimbus and Focus, to describe and compare public display configurations. Focus describes what one can see, and nimbus from where one can be seen. We performed a field study comparing three differently shaped public displays: Flat, Concave, and Hexagonal. Results show that Flat triggers the strongest honeypot effect, Hexagonal causes low social learning, and Concave triggers the smallest amount of simultaneously interacting users.