Rapid serial visual presentation: A space-time trade-off in information presentation

Oscar de Bruijn, Robert Spence

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Abstract

Rapid Serial Visual Presentation, or RSVP, is the electronic equivalent of riffling a book in order to assess its content. RSVP allows space to be traded for time and has tremendous potential to support electronic information browsing and search particularly on small displays. However, before this potential can be realized, it is necessary to investigate the parameters involved in the successful application of RSVP in the user interface. The rapid display of images or text is well within the capabilities of current desktop computers and even of current or near future mobile devices. The limiting factor in the application of RSVP, therefore, has to be the limited capability of the user's visual system. Users' reading comprehension with RSVP of text has been studied extensively. The transfer of information with RSVP of images, however, has received relatively little attention. This paper examines some of the problems with applying RSVP for image browsing and search.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the Workshop on Advanced Visual Interfaces|Proc Workshop Adv Visual Interfaces
Place of PublicationNew York, NY, United States
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
Pages189-192
Number of pages3
Publication statusPublished - 2000
EventProceedings of the Working Conference on Advance Visual Interfaces (AVI 2000) - Palermo, Italy
Duration: 1 Jul 2000 → …

Conference

ConferenceProceedings of the Working Conference on Advance Visual Interfaces (AVI 2000)
CityPalermo, Italy
Period1/07/00 → …

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