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Greenberg, S., Gutwin, C. and Cockburn, A. (1996)
Applying Distortion-Oriented Displays to Groupware. In Video Proceedings of ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work – ACM CSCW’96. (Boston, USA), ACM Press. 9:18 minute video and two page summary.
Type: Refereed conference (video) and two page paper.
DOI: 10.1145/240080.318419
Abstract.
This video illustrates three distortion-oriented displays as novel ways of providing awareness of others within groupware. These displays employ magnification lenses and fisheye view techniques to show global context and local detail within a single window, providing both peripheral and detailed awareness of other participants’ presence, location, and actions. The head-up lens uses a transparent interface, showing local detail in the foreground and an overview in the background. The offset lens allows a person to magnify a region of the overview. Finally, the fisheye text viewer displays multiple focal points, one for each participant in the conference.