{"id":1039176,"date":"2024-05-22T13:59:28","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T20:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/?post_type=msr-research-item&#038;p=1039176"},"modified":"2024-05-22T13:59:28","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T20:59:28","slug":"opportunistic-nudges-for-task-migration-between-personal-devices","status":"publish","type":"msr-research-item","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/publication\/opportunistic-nudges-for-task-migration-between-personal-devices\/","title":{"rendered":"Opportunistic Nudges for Task Migration Between Personal Devices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Using multiple devices to exploit their strengths and mechanics for a task is referred to as \u201cmigration.\u201d However, re-establishing context upon moving from one device to another can be cumbersome.<\/p>\n<p>We propose opportunistic nudges as a way to more seamlessly share content between personal devices. Opportunistic nudges appear in the bezel when a device migration occurs and can be interacted with to quickly share files and applications. However, if the user ignores them, they automatically disappear after some time.<\/p>\n<p>We explore the design space of opportunistic nudges through rapid prototyping and develop a preliminary design space consisting of four stages. Focusing on six design parameters of the Visualization stage, we gather feedback on the concept through an exploratory user study.<\/p>\n<p>Results show that opportunistic nudges can be an effective way to reduce the transaction costs of sharing content between devices.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1039197 size-large alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Opportunistic-Nudges-CHI-2024-LBW-Fig1-1024x301.jpg\" alt=\"Figure 1: Opportunistic nudges enable lightweight migration between devices: (a) capturing a photo on a phone causes (b) a nudge to appear on nearby devices; (c) interacting with it on another device (d) shares content and migrates the task to that device.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Opportunistic-Nudges-CHI-2024-LBW-Fig1-1024x301.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Opportunistic-Nudges-CHI-2024-LBW-Fig1-300x88.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Opportunistic-Nudges-CHI-2024-LBW-Fig1-768x226.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Opportunistic-Nudges-CHI-2024-LBW-Fig1-1536x452.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Opportunistic-Nudges-CHI-2024-LBW-Fig1-2048x602.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Opportunistic-Nudges-CHI-2024-LBW-Fig1-240x71.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1039191 size-large alignnone\" style=\"font-size: 1rem\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Opportunistic-Nudges-CHI-2024-LBW-Fig2-1024x246.jpg\" alt=\"Figure 2: Opportunistic nudges consist of four stages: (a) the Context (e.g., two devices); (b) the Trigger (e.g., taking a photo); (c) the Visualization (e.g., a thumbnail of the photo); and (d) the Action (e.g., clicking the nudge and dragging to copy the photo to the laptop). Our work focuses on the Visualization stage.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Opportunistic-Nudges-CHI-2024-LBW-Fig2-1024x246.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Opportunistic-Nudges-CHI-2024-LBW-Fig2-300x72.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Opportunistic-Nudges-CHI-2024-LBW-Fig2-768x185.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Opportunistic-Nudges-CHI-2024-LBW-Fig2-1536x369.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Opportunistic-Nudges-CHI-2024-LBW-Fig2-2048x493.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Opportunistic-Nudges-CHI-2024-LBW-Fig2-240x58.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1039194 size-large alignnone\" style=\"font-size: 1rem\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Opportunistic-Nudges-CHI-2024-LBW-Fig6-1024x258.jpg\" alt=\"Figure 6: Prototyped scenarios: (a) content shared through device proximity; (b) ad hoc sharing with tilt; (c) sharing documents and applications when a touch- or pen-enabled device is picked up; and (d) sharing clipboard content after a copy command.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Opportunistic-Nudges-CHI-2024-LBW-Fig6-1024x258.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Opportunistic-Nudges-CHI-2024-LBW-Fig6-300x76.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Opportunistic-Nudges-CHI-2024-LBW-Fig6-768x194.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Opportunistic-Nudges-CHI-2024-LBW-Fig6-1536x388.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Opportunistic-Nudges-CHI-2024-LBW-Fig6-2048x517.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Opportunistic-Nudges-CHI-2024-LBW-Fig6-240x61.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Using multiple devices to exploit their strengths and mechanics for a task is referred to as \u201cmigration.\u201d However, re-establishing context upon moving from one device to another can be cumbersome. We propose opportunistic nudges as a way to more seamlessly share content between personal devices. Opportunistic nudges appear in the bezel when a device migration [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"msr-url-field":"","msr-podcast-episode":"","msrModifiedDate":"","msrModifiedDateEnabled":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_classifai_error":"","msr-author-ordering":null,"msr_publishername":"ACM","msr_publisher_other":"","msr_booktitle":"","msr_chapter":"","msr_edition":"","msr_editors":"","msr_how_published":"","msr_isbn":"","msr_issue":"","msr_journal":"","msr_number":"","msr_organization":"","msr_pages_string":"","msr_page_range_start":"Article No.","msr_page_range_end":"256: 8pp","msr_series":"","msr_volume":"","msr_copyright":"","msr_conference_name":"Extended Abstracts of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA '24)","msr_doi":"","msr_arxiv_id":"","msr_s2_paper_id":"","msr_mag_id":"","msr_pubmed_id":"","msr_other_authors":"","msr_other_contributors":"","msr_speaker":"","msr_award":"","msr_affiliation":"","msr_institution":"","msr_host":"","msr_version":"","msr_duration":"","msr_original_fields_of_study":null,"msr_release_tracker_id":"","msr_s2_match_type":"","msr_citation_count_updated":"","msr_published_date":"2024-5-11","msr_highlight_text":"","msr_notes":"","msr_longbiography":"","msr_publicationurl":"","msr_external_url":"","msr_secondary_video_url":"","msr_conference_url":"","msr_journal_url":"","msr_s2_pdf_url":"","msr_year":0,"msr_citation_count":0,"msr_influential_citations":0,"msr_reference_count":0,"msr_s2_match_confidence":0,"msr_microsoftintellectualproperty":true,"msr_s2_open_access":false,"msr_s2_author_ids":[],"msr_pub_ids":[],"msr_hide_image_in_river":0,"footnotes":""},"msr-research-highlight":[],"research-area":[13554],"msr-publication-type":[193716],"msr-publisher":[],"msr-focus-area":[],"msr-locale":[268875],"msr-post-option":[],"msr-field-of-study":[246691,248485],"msr-conference":[],"msr-journal":[],"msr-impact-theme":[],"msr-pillar":[],"class_list":["post-1039176","msr-research-item","type-msr-research-item","status-publish","hentry","msr-research-area-human-computer-interaction","msr-locale-en_us","msr-field-of-study-computer-science","msr-field-of-study-human-computer-interaction"],"msr_publishername":"ACM","msr_edition":"","msr_affiliation":"","msr_published_date":"2024-5-11","msr_host":"","msr_duration":"","msr_version":"","msr_speaker":"","msr_other_contributors":"","msr_booktitle":"","msr_pages_string":"","msr_chapter":"","msr_isbn":"","msr_journal":"","msr_volume":"","msr_number":"","msr_editors":"","msr_series":"","msr_issue":"","msr_organization":"","msr_how_published":"","msr_notes":"","msr_highlight_text":"","msr_release_tracker_id":"","msr_original_fields_of_study":"","msr_download_urls":"","msr_external_url":"","msr_secondary_video_url":"","msr_longbiography":"","msr_microsoftintellectualproperty":1,"msr_main_download":"","msr_publicationurl":"","msr_doi":"","msr_publication_uploader":[{"type":"doi","viewUrl":"false","id":"false","title":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1145\/3613905.3651037","label_id":"243106","label":0}],"msr_related_uploader":[{"type":"file","viewUrl":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Opportunistic-Nudges-CHI-2024-LBW.pdf","id":"1039179","title":"opportunistic-nudges-chi-2024-lbw","label_id":"243112","label":0},{"type":"url","viewUrl":"false","id":"false","title":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BvgZ-urj8Pk","label_id":"243118","label":0}],"msr_citation_count":0,"msr_citation_count_updated":"","msr_s2_paper_id":"","msr_influential_citations":0,"msr_reference_count":0,"msr_arxiv_id":"","msr_s2_author_ids":[],"msr_s2_open_access":false,"msr_s2_pdf_url":null,"msr_attachments":[{"id":1039179,"url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Opportunistic-Nudges-CHI-2024-LBW.pdf"}],"msr-author-ordering":[{"type":"text","value":"Nikhita Joshi","user_id":0,"rest_url":false},{"type":"text","value":"Richard Li","user_id":0,"rest_url":false},{"type":"text","value":"Jiannan Li","user_id":0,"rest_url":false},{"type":"text","value":"Leonardo Pavanatto","user_id":0,"rest_url":false},{"type":"user_nicename","value":"Michel Pahud","user_id":33007,"rest_url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/microsoft-research\/v1\/researchers?person=Michel Pahud"},{"type":"text","value":"Jatin Sharma","user_id":0,"rest_url":false},{"type":"text","value":"Bongshin Lee","user_id":0,"rest_url":false},{"type":"guest","value":"hugo-romat","user_id":696222,"rest_url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/microsoft-research\/v1\/researchers?person=hugo-romat"},{"type":"text","value":"William Buxton","user_id":0,"rest_url":false},{"type":"user_nicename","value":"Nicolai Marquardt","user_id":42630,"rest_url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/microsoft-research\/v1\/researchers?person=Nicolai Marquardt"},{"type":"user_nicename","value":"Ken Hinckley","user_id":32521,"rest_url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/microsoft-research\/v1\/researchers?person=Ken Hinckley"},{"type":"user_nicename","value":"Nathalie Henry Riche","user_id":33058,"rest_url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/microsoft-research\/v1\/researchers?person=Nathalie Henry Riche"}],"msr_impact_theme":[],"msr_research_lab":[199565],"msr_event":[1019022],"msr_group":[379814,1105932],"msr_project":[937905,698833],"publication":[],"video":[],"msr-tool":[],"msr_publication_type":"inproceedings","related_content":{"projects":[{"ID":937905,"post_title":"Transcendence","post_name":"transcendence","post_type":"msr-project","post_date":"2023-05-01 15:33:11","post_modified":"2024-04-05 08:00:06","post_status":"publish","permalink":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/transcendence\/","post_excerpt":"Reinventing how we work together The Transcendence Project at Microsoft Research is reimagining interaction, productivity, and collaboration, harnessing the power of AI to transcend space, time, and modality, and redefine how we work together in the future.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-project\/937905"}]}},{"ID":698833,"post_title":"SurfaceFleet","post_name":"surfacefleet","post_type":"msr-project","post_date":"2020-10-16 15:09:07","post_modified":"2023-04-21 22:31:42","post_status":"publish","permalink":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/surfacefleet\/","post_excerpt":"SurfaceFleet is a system and toolkit that uses resilient and performant distributed programming techniques to explore cross-device user experiences. With appropriate design, these technologies afford mobility of user activity unbounded by device, application, user, and time. The vision of the project is to enable a future where an ecosystem of technologies seamlessly transition user activity from one place to another, whether that \u201cplace\u201d takes the form of a literal location, a different device form-factor, the&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-project\/698833"}]}}]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-research-item\/1039176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-research-item"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/msr-research-item"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-research-item\/1039176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1039206,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-research-item\/1039176\/revisions\/1039206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1039176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"msr-research-highlight","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-research-highlight?post=1039176"},{"taxonomy":"msr-research-area","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/research-area?post=1039176"},{"taxonomy":"msr-publication-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-publication-type?post=1039176"},{"taxonomy":"msr-publisher","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-publisher?post=1039176"},{"taxonomy":"msr-focus-area","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-focus-area?post=1039176"},{"taxonomy":"msr-locale","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-locale?post=1039176"},{"taxonomy":"msr-post-option","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-post-option?post=1039176"},{"taxonomy":"msr-field-of-study","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-field-of-study?post=1039176"},{"taxonomy":"msr-conference","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-conference?post=1039176"},{"taxonomy":"msr-journal","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-journal?post=1039176"},{"taxonomy":"msr-impact-theme","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-impact-theme?post=1039176"},{"taxonomy":"msr-pillar","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msr-pillar?post=1039176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}