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Large displays have several natural affordances that should make it simple to support collaborative work. They are large enough to hold multiple work areas and are easy for a small group to see collectively. The BlueBoard is a large plasma display with touch sensing and a badge reader to identify individuals using the board. The onboard software acts as a thin client giving access to each participant’s content (e.g., home pages, project pages). The client also has a set of tools and mechanisms that support rapid exchange of content between those present. The overall design of the BlueBoard is one that is easily learnable (under 5 minutes), very simple to use, and permits novel uses for collaboration. Our initial field study revealed a number of social issues about the use of a large interactive display surface, yet indicated that a shared public display space truly has distinct properties that lends itself to sharing content. Extreme learnability & overall simplicity of design makes BlueBoard a tool for collaboration that supports intermittent, but effective use for side-by-side collaboration between colleagues.
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Russell, D.M., Sue, A. (2003). Large Interactive Public Displays: Use Patterns, Support Patterns, Community Patterns. In: O’Hara, K., Perry, M., Churchill, E., Russell, D. (eds) Public and Situated Displays. The Kluwer International series on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2813-3_1
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