RT Journal Article
T1 Comparing visual representations of collaborative map interfaces for immersive virtual environments
A1 Santos Torres, Andrés Javier
A1 Zarraonandia Ayo, Telmo Agustín
A1 Díaz, Paloma
A1 Aedo Cuevas, Ignacio
AB Virtual reality offers unique benefits to support remote collaboration. However, the way of representing the scenario and interacting within the team can influence the effectiveness of a collaborative task. In this context, this research explores the benefits and limitations of two different visual representations of the collaboration space, shared experience and shared workspace, in the specific case of map-based collaboration. Shared experience aims at reproducing face-to-face collaboration in a realistic way whilst shared workspace translates to the virtual world the functionalities of 2D collaborative spaces. The goal is to understand whether sophisticated interfaces with realistic avatars are necessary, or if simpler solutions might be enough to support efficient collaboration. We performed a user study ( n=24 , 12 pairs) through a collaborative task with two roles in a emergency crisis intervention scenario that typically uses map-based interfaces. Despite that a shared experience scenario might provide a better personal experience to the user in terms of realism, our study provides insights that suggest that a shared workspace could be a more effective way to represent the scenario and improve the collaboration.
PB IEEE
YR 2022
FD 2022-05-23
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10016/35055
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10016/35055
LA eng
NO This work was supported by the Spanish State Research Agency (Agencia Estatal de Investigación - AEI) under Grant Sense2makeSense PID2019-109388GB-I00 and Grant CrossColab PGC2018-101884-B-I100. Madrid Government (Comunidad de Madrid -Spain) under the Multiannual Agreement with UC3M in the line of Excellence of University Professors (EPUC3M17), and in the context of the V PRICIT (Regional Programme of Research and Technological Innovation).
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