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InChorus: Designing Consistent Multimodal Interactions for Data Visualization on Tablet Devices

Human-Computer Interaction 2020-01-20 v1

Abstract

While tablet devices are a promising platform for data visualization, supporting consistent interactions across different types of visualizations on tablets remains an open challenge. In this paper, we present multimodal interactions that function consistently across different visualizations, supporting common operations during visual data analysis. By considering standard interface elements (e.g., axes, marks) and grounding our design in a set of core concepts including operations, parameters, targets, and instruments, we systematically develop interactions applicable to different visualization types. To exemplify how the proposed interactions collectively facilitate data exploration, we employ them in a tablet-based system, InChorus that supports pen, touch, and speech input. Based on a study with 12 participants performing replication and fact-checking tasks with InChorus, we discuss how participants adapted to using multimodal input and highlight considerations for future multimodal visualization systems.

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@article{arxiv.2001.06423,
  title  = {InChorus: Designing Consistent Multimodal Interactions for Data Visualization on Tablet Devices},
  author = {Arjun Srinivasan and Bongshin Lee and Nathalie Henry Riche and Steven M. Drucker and Ken Hinckley},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2001.06423},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

To appear in ACM CHI 2020 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems; 13 pages (10 content + 3 references); 4 Figures, 1 Table

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