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Experiences of using wearable computers for ambient telepresence and remote interaction

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Marcus Nilsson,

Roland Parviainen,

Peter ParnesAuthors Info & Claims

ETP '04: Proceedings of the 2004 ACM SIGMM workshop on Effective telepresence

Pages 2 - 11

https://doi.org/10.1145/1026776.1026780

Published: 15 October 2004 Publication History

Abstract

We present our experiences of using wearable computers for providing an ambient form of telepresence to members of an e-meeting. Using a continuously running e-meeting session as a testbed for formal and informal studies and observations, this form of telepresence can be investigated from the perspective of remote and local participants alike. Based on actual experiences in real-life scenarios, we point out the key issues that prohibit the remote interaction from being entirely seamless, and follow up with suggestions on how those problems can be resolved or alleviated. Furthermore, we evaluate our system with respect to overall usability and the different means for an end-user to experience the remote world.

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Index Terms

Experiences of using wearable computers for ambient telepresence and remote interaction
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Collaborative and social computing
  2. Human computer interaction (HCI)
2. Information systems
  1. Information systems applications
    1. Multimedia information systems
  2. World Wide Web
    1. Web applications
      1. Internet communications tools
        Web conferencing

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ETP '04: Proceedings of the 2004 ACM SIGMM workshop on Effective telepresence

October 2004

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ISBN:1581139330

DOI:10.1145/1026776

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IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
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Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

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Kimber DProppe PKratz SVaughan JLiew BSeverns DSu W(2015)Polly: Telepresence from a Guide’s ShoulderComputer Vision - ECCV 2014 Workshops10.1007/978-3-319-16199-0_36(509-523)Online publication date: 20-Mar-2015
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