ePlan Multi-Surface

Apoorve Chokshi, Teddy Seyed, Francisco Marinho Rodrigues, Frank Maurer
2014 Proceedings of the Ninth ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces - ITS '14  
Emergency response planning is a process that involves many different stakeholders who may communicate concurrently with different channels and exchange different information artefacts. The planning typically occurs in an emergency operations centre (EOC) and involves personnel both in the room and also in the field. The EOC provides an interesting context for examining the use of tablets, tabletops and large wall displays, and their role in facilitating information and communication exchange
more » ... an emergency response planning scenario. In collaboration with a military and emergency response simulation software company in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, we developed ePlan Multi-Surface, a multi-surface environment for communication and collaboration for emergency response planning exercises. In this paper, we describe the domain, how it informed our prototype, and insights on collaboration, interaction and information dissemination in multi-surface environments for EOCs.
doi:10.1145/2669485.2669520 dblp:conf/tabletop/ChokshiSRM14 fatcat:lcgsqv4sozeuzalnndylh4ip5m