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VR-Participation: The feasibility of the Virtual Reality-driven multi-modal communication technology facilitating e-Participation

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ICEGOV '18: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance

Pages 269 - 278

https://doi.org/10.1145/3209415.3209515

Published: 04 April 2018 Publication History

Abstract

Textual communication which currently has largely shifted from paper to digital space is predominant in the domain of e-Participation. Even though the ubiquitous text-based communication through forums, chats, emails and social media is easy to use and process it shows significant lack of expressivity. Despite the proliferation of voice-based and video-based teleconferencing solutions compensating the communication gap in textual channels the contemporary digital communication systems struggle to deliver close to face-to-face group communication experience. Therefore, major government and citizen meetings and hearings have to be held in person to ensure quality discussions. In this paper, we argue that multi-modal communication enabled by the emerging, affordable and accessible VR technologies creates an opportunity to integrate the majority of mainstream channels into one communication platform.

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Index Terms

VR-Participation: The feasibility of the Virtual Reality-driven multi-modal communication technology facilitating e-Participation
1. Computer systems organization
  1. Embedded and cyber-physical systems
    1. Robotics
2. Human-centered computing
  1. Collaborative and social computing
    1. Collaborative and social computing systems and tools

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ICEGOV '18: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance

April 2018

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ISBN:9781450354219

DOI:10.1145/3209415

Editors:
Atreyi Kankanhalli
National University of Singapore
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Adegboyega Ojo
National University of Ireland Galway
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Delfina Soares
United Nations University (UNU-EGOV)

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