Cross-device taxonomy: Survey, opportunities and challenges of interactions spanning across multiple devices

F Brudy, C Holz, R Rädle, CJ Wu, S Houben… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
Proceedings of the 2019 chi conference on human factors in computing systems, 2019dl.acm.org
Designing interfaces or applications that move beyond the bounds of a single device screen
enables new ways to engage with digital content. Research addressing the opportunities
and challenges of interactions with multiple devices in concert is of continued focus in HCI
research. To inform the future research agenda of this field, we contribute an analysis and
taxonomy of a corpus of 510 papers in the cross-device computing domain. For both new
and experienced researchers in the field we provide: an overview, historic trends and unified …
Designing interfaces or applications that move beyond the bounds of a single device screen enables new ways to engage with digital content. Research addressing the opportunities and challenges of interactions with multiple devices in concert is of continued focus in HCI research. To inform the future research agenda of this field, we contribute an analysis and taxonomy of a corpus of 510 papers in the cross-device computing domain. For both new and experienced researchers in the field we provide: an overview, historic trends and unified terminology of cross-device research; discussion of major and under-explored application areas; mapping of enabling technologies; synthesis of key interaction techniques spanning across multiple devices; and review of common evaluation strategies. We close with a discussion of open issues. Our taxonomy aims to create a unified terminology and common understanding for researchers in order to facilitate and stimulate future cross-device research.
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