Materializing the query with facet-streams: a hybrid surface for collaborative search on tabletops

We introduce "Facet-Streams", a hybrid interactive surface for co-located collaborative product search on a tabletop. Facet-Streams combines techniques of information visualization with tangible and multi-touch interaction to materialize collaborative search on a tabletop. It harnesses the expressive power of facets and Boolean logic without exposing users to complex formal notations. Two user studies reveal how Facet-Streams unifies visual and tangible expressivity with simplicity in interaction, supports different strategies and collaboration styles, and turns product search into a fun and social experience.

• Publication year

  2011

• Venue

  International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

• Publication date

  2011-05-07

• Fields of study

  Computer Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1145/1978942.1979390
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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