Maurer, FrankCosta Sousa, MárioSeyed, Alemayehu2013-05-012013-06-102013-05-012013http://hdl.handle.net/11023/677With a large number of interactive displays and devices available for users today, multi-display environments are becoming both increasingly common and complex. This complexity also has an effect on a fundamental interaction that users frequently perform in multi-display environments – transferring content. The devices and displays in a multi-display environment – such as digital tabletops, tablets, and high resolution wall displays – now allow users to transfer content in a variety of different combinations. A review of existing research literature revealed that many of the interactions designed for transferring content in multi-display environments were created by system designers and were not necessarily interactions that users would find usable in real-world multi-display environments. From a user experience perspective, these interactions in multi-display environments require a focus on users, whose real-world experiences and perceptions play a significant role in the interactions themselves. This thesis presents research that identifies better interaction design for multi-display environments. This is accomplished by performing an elicitation study to determine the interactions that users are both comfortable with and prefer for transferring content in a multi-display environment. The result is a set of interaction metaphors and guidelines for user experience professionals to draw upon when creating new gestures and interactions for transferring content in multi-display environments.engUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.Computer ScienceMulti-Display EnvironmentsMulti-Surface EnvironmentsUser ExperienceMDEdoctoral thesis10.11575/PRISM/26034