Introduction to this Special Issue on Ubiquitous Multi-Display Environments

摘要

Until recently, most of our computing was carried out in environments with a single display. In contrast, modern computing environments are evolving into multi-display environments. Simple dual-monitor setups in personal offices are by now quite common. However, computing environments are increasingly becoming even more sophisticated, with individual offices containing several heterogeneous displays in a variety of layouts. Although multi-display environments have been shown to offer benefits for individuals (Robertson, Czerwinski, Baudisch, Meyers, Robbins, Smith, & Tan, 2005), they are arguably even more suited to collocated collaboration, as they can better facilitate multiple people working and coordinating synchronously.