MultiPresenter: A presentation system for (very) large display spaces

Joel Lanir, Kellogg S. Booth, Anthony Tang

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Abstract

We introduce MultiPresenter, a novel presentation system designed to work on very large display spaces (multiple displays or physically large high-resolution displays). MultiPresenter allows presenters to organize and present pre-made and dynamic presentations that take advantage of a very large display space accessed from a personal laptop. Presenters can use the extra space to provide long-term persistency of information to the audience. Our design deliberately separates content generation (authoring) from the presentation of content. We focus on supporting presentation flow and a variety of presentation styles, ranging from automated, scripted sequences of pre-made slides to highly dynamic ad-hoc, and non-linear content. By providing smooth transition between these styles, presenters can easily alter the flow of content during a presentation to adapt to an audience or to change emphasis in response to emerging interests. We describe our goals, rationale and the design process, providing a detailed description of the current version of the system, and discuss our experience using it throughout a one-semester first year computer science course.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMM'08 - Proceedings of the 2008 ACM International Conference on Multimedia, with co-located Symposium and Workshops
Pages519-528
Number of pages10
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008
Externally publishedYes
Event16th ACM International Conference on Multimedia, MM '08 - Vancouver, BC, Canada
Duration: 26 Oct 200831 Oct 2008

Publication series

NameMM'08 - Proceedings of the 2008 ACM International Conference on Multimedia, with co-located Symposium and Workshops

Conference

Conference16th ACM International Conference on Multimedia, MM '08
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityVancouver, BC
Period26/10/0831/10/08

Keywords

  • High-resolution displays
  • Human-centered design
  • Multiple displays
  • Presentations

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Software

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