Tabletop community: artwork for visualization of social interactions using a bipartite network

ABSTRACT

"Tabletop Community" is an artwork that records interactions among users around a table. The artwork also visualizes a social network of users from data that show these interactions; the piece can present that network to other users as well. Its theme is self-recognition, which emerges from social interactions with others in a human network. It is intended to offer experiences of looking back at a user's past interactions with others within the perspective of a group (social network) in a visual manner. We have shown the artwork at Ubicomp2005. The paper shows the types of interactions, inferred from collected data and comments from the audience, which have delivered some improvements in the artwork since its original version.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  J. Computer Applications
  J.5 ARTS AND HUMANITIES
      Subjects: Fine arts

General Terms:
Design, Human Factors

Keywords:
information visualization, social interaction, social network