S. Diefenbach, N. Henze & M. Pielot (Hrsg.): Mensch und Computer 2015 Tagungsband, Stuttgart: Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, 2015, S. 267-270.

Assisting Mouse Pointer Recovery in Multi-Display Environments

Florian Fortmann1, Dennis Nowak2, Kristian Bruns2, Mark Milster2, Susanne Boll2

OFFIS – Institute for Information Technology1

University of Oldenburg2

Abstract

Recovering the mouse pointer in a multi-display environment after it got lost, e.g., because the user shifted his or her visual attention to another task, can be very annoying and frustrating. The reason is that the user has to oversee a large display space requiring sequential sampling actions. These actions consume psycho-physiological effort for moving the eyes and head around, and ...

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