OneSpace: Bringing Depth to Remote Interactions

Ledo, D., Aseniero, B., Boring, S., Greenberg, S., and Tang, A. (2013). OneSpace: Bringing Depth to Remote Interactions. In Future of Personal Video Communications: Beyond Talking Heads - Workshop at CHI 2013.

Abstract

Video conferencing commonly employs a video portal met- aphor to connect individuals from remote spaces. In this work, we explore an alternate metaphor, a shared depth- mirror, where video images of two spaces are fused into a single shared, depth-corrected video space. We realize this metaphor in OneSpace, where the space respects virtual spatial relationships between people and objects as if all parties were looking at a mirror together. We report prelim- inary observations of OneSpace's use, noting that it encour- ages cross-site, full-body interactions, and that participants employed the depth cues in their interactions. Based on these observations, we argue that the depth mirror offers new opportunities for shared video interaction in the form of a shared stage.

Materials

PDF File (http://hcitang.org/papers/2013-chi2013workshop-onespace.pdf)

Keywords

Video communication; media spaces

BibTeX

@inproceedings{ledo2013onespaceworkshop,
  year = {2013},
  type = {workshop},
  title = {OneSpace: Bringing Depth to Remote Interactions},
  pdfurl = {http://hcitang.org/papers/2013-chi2013workshop-onespace.pdf},
  keywords = {Video communication; media spaces},
  editor = {Erick Oduor and Carman Neustaedter and Gina Venolia and Tejinder Judge},
  date-modified = {2014-01-18 23:13:58 +0000},
  date-added = {2014-01-18 23:09:42 +0000},
  booktitle = {Future of Personal Video Communications: Beyond Talking Heads - Workshop
at CHI 2013},
  author = {Ledo, David and Aseniero, Bon Adriel and Boring, Sebastian and Greenberg,
Saul and Tang, Anthony},
  abstract = {Video conferencing commonly employs a video portal met- aphor to connect
individuals from remote spaces. In this work, we explore an alternate metaphor,
a shared depth- mirror, where video images of two spaces are fused into a single
shared, depth-corrected video space. We realize this metaphor in OneSpace,
where the space respects virtual spatial relationships between people and objects
as if all parties were looking at a mirror together. We report prelim- inary
observations of OneSpace's use, noting that it encour- ages cross-site, full-body
interactions, and that participants employed the depth cues in their interactions.
Based on these observations, we argue that the depth mirror offers new opportunities
for shared video interaction in the form of a shared stage.},
}