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Displays in the Workplace

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The way in which we use displays in the workplace is changing, with increasing diversity in display type, tasks, and context of use. This chapter outlines five challenges that we need to consider when designing and implementing displays in the workplace: (1) the need to continue to consider “traditional” personal computing; (2) the changing nature of displays in the workplace; (3) the diverse context of use of displays; (4) the need to predict how displays will be used in the future; and (5) considering displays as part of an interactive system. The chapter presents a set of display/human factor considerations that should be remembered when designing and evaluating displays in the workplace.

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The author of this chapter is partially funded by Horizon Digital Economy Research, through the support of RCUK grant EP/G065802/1.

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  1. Human Factors Research Group, University of Nottingham, University Park, NG7 2RD,, Nottingham, UK

    Sarah Sharples

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  1. Industrial Technology Research Institute Display Technology Center, Hsin Chu, Taiwan

    Janglin Chen

  2. Nottingham Trent University School of Computing & Informatics, Nottingham, United Kingdom

    Wayne Cranton

  3. Veritas et Visus, Temple, TX, USA

    Mark Fihn

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Sharples, S. (2015). Displays in the Workplace. In: Chen, J., Cranton, W., Fihn, M. (eds) Handbook of Visual Display Technology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35947-7_17-2

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