Fragmented interaction: Establishing mutual orientation in virtual environments

Jon Hindmarsh; Mike Fraser; Christian Heath; Steve Benford; Chris Greenhalgh

Fragmented interaction: Establishing mutual orientation in virtual environments

Jon Hindmarsh^*, Mike Fraser, Christian Heath, Steve Benford, Chris Greenhalgh

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Bristol Robotics Laboratory

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Abstract

This paper explores and evaluates the support for object-focused collaboration provided by a desktop Collaborative Virtual Environment. The system was used to support an experimental `design' task. Video recordings of the participants' activities facilitated an observational analysis of interaction in, and through, the virtual world. Observations include: problems due to fragmented views of embodiments in relation to shared objects; participants compensating with spoken accounts of their actions; and difficulties in understanding others' perspectives. Design implications include: more explicit representations of actions than are provided by pseudo-humanoid embodiments; and navigation techniques that are sensitive to the actions of others.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Pages	217-226
Number of pages	10
Publication status	Published - 1998
Event	Proceedings of the 1998 7th ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, CSCW'98 - Seattle, WA, USA Duration: 14 Nov 1998 → 18 Nov 1998

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Conference	Proceedings of the 1998 7th ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, CSCW'98
City	Seattle, WA, USA
Period	14/11/98 → 18/11/98

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Hindmarsh, J, Fraser, M, Heath, C, Benford, S & Greenhalgh, C 1998, Fragmented interaction: Establishing mutual orientation in virtual environments. in Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), pp. 217-226, Proceedings of the 1998 7th ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, CSCW'98, Seattle, WA, USA, 14/11/98.

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