improving remote collaboration through side-by-side telepresence
Virtually all teleconferencing solutions are designed to facilitate face-to-face interactions. While face-to-face is suitable for meetings or conversations, we see many real-world situations where people choose to sit in other configurations. Face-to-face telepresence inaccurately simulates these alternate interaction styles. In this paper we describe a side-by-side telepresence concept, which is more appropriate for side-by-side style interactions, such as collaborative writing or training. We explore the differences between face-to-face and side-by-side telepresence, and discuss our prototype side-by-side telepresence workstation.
cscw videoconferencing