TY - GEN
T1 - An experimental comparison of vertical and horizontal dynamic peephole navigation
AU - Müller, Jens
AU - Rädle, Roman
AU - Jetter, Hans-Christian
AU - Reiterer, Harald
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Copyright 2015 ACM.
PY - 2015/4/18
Y1 - 2015/4/18
N2 - Dynamic peephole navigation represents a technique for navigating large information spaces in an egocentric way. Studies have shown cognitive benefits for a vertical peephole orientation, when compared to non-egocentric interaction styles. To see how the aspect of canvas orientation effects user performance, we conducted a study (N=16) which revealed that canvas orientation has no significant effect on either navigation performance or spatial memory. We also found a significantly lower physical demand and a higher mental demand in the horizontal orientation. For short-term activities we therefore propose a vertical orientation, while for long-term activities horizontal dynamic peephole navigation is more suitable.
AB - Dynamic peephole navigation represents a technique for navigating large information spaces in an egocentric way. Studies have shown cognitive benefits for a vertical peephole orientation, when compared to non-egocentric interaction styles. To see how the aspect of canvas orientation effects user performance, we conducted a study (N=16) which revealed that canvas orientation has no significant effect on either navigation performance or spatial memory. We also found a significantly lower physical demand and a higher mental demand in the horizontal orientation. For short-term activities we therefore propose a vertical orientation, while for long-term activities horizontal dynamic peephole navigation is more suitable.
KW - Canvas orientation
KW - Dynamic peephole navigation
KW - Navigation performance
KW - Spatial memory
KW - Subjective workload
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84951115584&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1145/2702123.2702227
DO - 10.1145/2702123.2702227
M3 - Conference contribution
T3 - Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
SP - 1523
EP - 1526
BT - CHI 2015 - Proceedings of the 33rd Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
T2 - 33rd Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2015
Y2 - 18 April 2015 through 23 April 2015
ER -