CrowdCollab: A Multi-user, Multi-perspective Collaborative Tool for Crowd Planning

Senna van den Bogaard; Timo Maessen; Evelijn van Hilten; Yinshi Jin; Hannah van Iterson; Steven Houben; Rong Hao Liang

doi:10.1145/3689050.3706007

CrowdCollab: A Multi-user, Multi-perspective Collaborative Tool for Crowd Planning

Senna van den Bogaard, Timo Maessen, Evelijn van Hilten, Yinshi Jin, Hannah van Iterson, Steven Houben, Rong Hao Liang

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Abstract

Crowd management is crucial for large-scale events, requiring a 90% upfront planning effort with inter-disciplinarity and collaboration. However, existing tools often fall short of facilitating dynamic interactions between stakeholders during the planning process. This paper presents CrowdCollab, an interactive system consisting of a portable tabletop display platform with tangibles and a handheld display that adds a situated experience, fostering hands-on exploration from multiple perspectives. A user study was conducted with 16 participants to evaluate the usability and gather user feedback. The findings demonstrate valuable insights into how the designed system facilitates shared understanding and an engaging collaboration experience in crowd management.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	TEI '25
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the Nineteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery, Inc.
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	979-8-4007-1197-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3689050.3706007
Publication status	Published - 4 Mar 2025
Event	19th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction, TEI 2025 - Bordeaux/ Talence, France Duration: 4 Mar 2025 → 7 Mar 2025

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Conference	19th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction, TEI 2025
Abbreviated title	TEI 2025
Country/Territory	France
City	Bordeaux/ Talence
Period	4/03/25 → 7/03/25

Keywords

collaborative interaction
crowd planning
fiducial markers
tangible user interfaces (TUI)

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van den Bogaard, S., Maessen, T., van Hilten, E., Jin, Y., van Iterson, H., Houben, S., & Liang, R. H. (2025). CrowdCollab: A Multi-user, Multi-perspective Collaborative Tool for Crowd Planning. In TEI '25: Proceedings of the Nineteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction Article 73 Association for Computing Machinery, Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1145/3689050.3706007

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van den Bogaard, S, Maessen, T, van Hilten, E, Jin, Y, van Iterson, H , Houben, S & Liang, RH 2025, CrowdCollab: A Multi-user, Multi-perspective Collaborative Tool for Crowd Planning. in TEI '25: Proceedings of the Nineteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction., 73, Association for Computing Machinery, Inc., New York, 19th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction, TEI 2025, Bordeaux/ Talence, France, 4/03/25. https://doi.org/10.1145/3689050.3706007

CrowdCollab: A Multi-user, Multi-perspective Collaborative Tool for Crowd Planning. / van den Bogaard, Senna; Maessen, Timo; van Hilten, Evelijn et al.
TEI '25: Proceedings of the Nineteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction. New York: Association for Computing Machinery, Inc., 2025. 73.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

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