Senior design project for students from Wright State University to investigate the performance differences of using one large display (projected) versus two smaller monitors for the same information. Alarm acknowledgement time was faster with the large display despite user preference for the two-monitor set-up. No difference was observed in the two formats for time to resolve the problem.
Assess performance differences in information spread over two small monitors versus one large monitor.
Large screens are being used more frequently. Do they result in better performance?
Whereas the previous Large Screen project assessed response time for information on a large screen that was far from the subject versus near the subject, this project assesses response time when information is on one large monitor versus spread across two different monitors. Note: The technology did not allow students to do a true test of data spread across two screens versus data on one large monitor. They ended up using a projection image, and the study was actually a test of data on two close monitors versus the same screen design projected on a distant wall.
Report and presentation to academic advisors.