Challenges in Mobile Multi-Device Ecosystems
It addresses a problem for researchers and developers in human-computer interaction by identifying barriers to integrating personal mobile devices into multi-display environments, but is incremental as it synthesizes existing knowledge.
The paper investigates factors hindering the creation and use of mobile multi-device ecosystems, based on literature research and an expert survey, presenting grounded challenges for design, development, and use.
Coordinated multi-display environments from the desktop, second-screen to gigapixel display walls are increasingly common. Personal and intimate mobile and wearable devices such as head-mounted displays, smartwatches, smartphones and tablets are rarely part of such multi-device ecosystems. With this paper, we contribute to a better understanding about factors that impede the creation and use of such mobile multi-device ecosystems. We base our findings on literature research and an expert survey. Specifically, we present grounded challenges relevant for the design, development and use of mobile multi-device environments.