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3D Collaborative Virtual Environments (CVEs) have been in the focus of CSCW research for some time. This paper presents a study comparing teamwork done in a CVE with teamwork done in a 2D remote condition and a F2F control condition. The tasks done were designed for groups without prior knowledge; they did not favor any of the environments. In some dependent variables, the 3D environment outperformed the other conditions while in others it kept on par.
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Olivier, H., Pinkwart, N. (2011). Does “Virtually Being There” Help? Comparing Collaborative Work between 3D and 2D Conditions. In: Vivacqua, A.S., Gutwin, C., Borges, M.R.S. (eds) Collaboration and Technology. CRIWG 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6969. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23801-7_8
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