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The Collaborative Workspace: A Co-located Tabletop Device to Support Meetings

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In this chapter, we describe the design and development of co-located multi user collaborative displays that aim to support effective social interactions within a small group of professionals engaged in meeting activities. Several studies have investigated and tried to go beyond the design paradigm developed for single-user/singledesktop interaction in order to support face-to-face collaborative activities. Several helpful design principles have emerged from research on shared workspaces and colocated technologies.

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Leonardi, C., Pianesi, F., Tomasini, D., Zancanaro, M. (2009). The Collaborative Workspace: A Co-located Tabletop Device to Support Meetings. In: Waibel, A., Stiefelhagen, R. (eds) Computers in the Human Interaction Loop. Human–Computer Interaction Series. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-054-8_17

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