A Tabletop-Centric Smart Space for Emergency Response
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Jie Liu; Qiang Yang; Chun Yu; Yuanchun Shi; Yongqiang Qin
- Source
- IEEE Pervasive Computing. 14:32-40
- Subject
- Geographic information system
Ubiquitous computing
Multimedia
business.industry
Computer science
Control (management)
computer.software_genre
Computer Science Applications
Visualization
Intelligent sensor
Software
Computational Theory and Mathematics
Human–computer interaction
Systems design
User interface
business
computer
- Language
- ISSN
- 1536-1268
This article describes the design and implementation of a smart space for emergency response based on five system design guidelines. A large-scale interactive tabletop with dedicated software serves as the center for collaboration. Information on the tabletop and peripheral devices can be shared via a user interface sharing technique. The authors deployed their smart space in a forest fire simulation and evaluated team performance in comparison with a control group. Analysis of the results reveals that this smart space can significantly improve team performance as well as team cognition. This article is part of a special issue on smart spaces.