The effect of egocentric body movements on users' navigation performance and spatial memory in zoomable user interfaces

Roman Rädle; Hans-Christian Jetter; Simon Butscher; Harald Reiterer

doi:10.1145/2512349.2512811

The effect of egocentric body movements on users' navigation performance and spatial memory in zoomable user interfaces

Roman Rädle, Hans-Christian Jetter, Simon Butscher, Harald Reiterer

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Abstract

We present two experiments examining the impact of navigation techniques on users' navigation performance and spatial memory in a zoomable user interface (ZUI). The first experiment with 24 participants compared the effect of egocentric body movements with traditional multi-touch navigation. The results indicate a 47% decrease in path lengths and a 34% decrease in task time in favor of egocentric navigation, but no significant effect on users' spatial memory immediately after a navigation task. However, an additional second experiment with 8 participants revealed such a significant increase in performance of long-term spatial memory: The results of a recall task administered after a 15-minute distractor task indicate a significant advantage of 27% for egocentric body movements in spatial memory. Furthermore, a questionnaire about the subjects' workload revealed that the physical demand of the egocentric navigation was significantly higher but there was less mental demand.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ITS 2013 - Proceedings of the 2013 ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces
Publisher	ACM Press
Pages	23-32
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Print)	9781450322713
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2512349.2512811
Publication status	Published - 2013
Event	ACM Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces 2013 Conference (ITS '13) - St. Andrews, United Kingdom Duration: 6 Oct 2013 → 9 Oct 2013 https://its2013.acm.org/

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Name	ITS 2013 - Proceedings of the 2013 ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces

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Conference	ACM Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces 2013 Conference (ITS '13)
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	St. Andrews
Period	06.10.2013 → 09.10.2013
Internet address	https://its2013.acm.org/

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human factors
measurement
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Rädle, R., Jetter, H.-C., Butscher, S., & Reiterer, H. (2013). The effect of egocentric body movements on users' navigation performance and spatial memory in zoomable user interfaces. In ITS 2013 - Proceedings of the 2013 ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces (pp. 23-32). (ITS 2013 - Proceedings of the 2013 ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces). ACM Press. https://doi.org/10.1145/2512349.2512811

Rädle, Roman ; Jetter, Hans-Christian ; Butscher, Simon et al. / The effect of egocentric body movements on users' navigation performance and spatial memory in zoomable user interfaces. ITS 2013 - Proceedings of the 2013 ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces. ACM Press, 2013. pp. 23-32 (ITS 2013 - Proceedings of the 2013 ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces).

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Rädle, R, Jetter, H-C, Butscher, S & Reiterer, H 2013, The effect of egocentric body movements on users' navigation performance and spatial memory in zoomable user interfaces. in ITS 2013 - Proceedings of the 2013 ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces. ITS 2013 - Proceedings of the 2013 ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces, ACM Press, pp. 23-32, ACM Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces 2013 Conference (ITS '13), St. Andrews, United Kingdom, 06.10.2013. https://doi.org/10.1145/2512349.2512811

The effect of egocentric body movements on users' navigation performance and spatial memory in zoomable user interfaces. / Rädle, Roman; Jetter, Hans-Christian; Butscher, Simon et al.
ITS 2013 - Proceedings of the 2013 ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces. ACM Press, 2013. p. 23-32 (ITS 2013 - Proceedings of the 2013 ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces).

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Rädle R, Jetter HC, Butscher S, Reiterer H. The effect of egocentric body movements on users' navigation performance and spatial memory in zoomable user interfaces. In ITS 2013 - Proceedings of the 2013 ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces. ACM Press. 2013. p. 23-32. (ITS 2013 - Proceedings of the 2013 ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces). doi: 10.1145/2512349.2512811

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