ACM ISS 2024
Sun 27 - Wed 30 October 2024
Mon 28 Oct 2024 15:41 - 16:00 at Theatre C300 - Paper Session 2: Collaboration Chair(s): Fateme Rajabiyazdi

Supporting remote collaboration through augmented reality facilitates the experience of co-presence by presenting the collaborator’s avatar in the user’s physical environment. While visual user representations are continuously researched and advanced, the audio configuration – especially in combination with different visualizations – is rarely considered. In a user study (n = 48, 24 dyads), we evaluate the combination of two visual (Simple vs. Rich Avatar) with two auditory (Mono vs. Spatial Audio) user representations, to investigate their impact on user’s overall experience, performance, and perceived social presence during collaboration. Our results show a preference for rich auditory and visual user representations, as Spatial Audio supports completion of parallel tasks and the Rich Avatar positively influence user experience. However, the Simple Avatar draws less attention, which potentially benefits task efficiency, advocating for simpler visualizations in performance-oriented settings. Our findings contribute to a deeper understanding of how visual and auditory user representation combinations impact remote collaboration in augmented reality.

Mon 28 Oct

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14:45 - 16:00
Paper Session 2: CollaborationPapers at Theatre C300
Chair(s): Fateme Rajabiyazdi Carleton University
14:45
18m
Talk
Designing Privacy-Protecting System with Visual Masking Based on Investigation of Privacy Concerns in Virtual Screen Sharing Environments
Papers
Mizuki Ishida Ochanomizu University, Kaori Ikematsu Yahoo Japan Corporation, Yuki Igarashi Ochanomizu University
DOI
15:03
18m
Talk
3D Remote Monitoring and Diagnosis during a Pandemic: Holoportation and Digital Twin RequirementsPresented Online
Papers
Kabir Ahmed Rufai Monash University, Australia, Helen C. Purchase Monash University, Barrett Ens University of British Columbia Okanagan, Patrick Reuter LaBRI, Chris Bain Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University, Peter Chan Eastern Health, Jim Smiley Faculty of Information Technology
DOI
15:22
18m
Talk
Evaluating Layout Dimensionalities in PC+VR Asymmetric Collaborative Decision Making
Papers
Daniel Enriquez Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute at Cornell Tech,, Wai Tong Texas A&M University, Chris North Virginia Tech, Huamin Qu The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Yalong Yang Georgia Institute of Technology
DOI
15:41
18m
Talk
There Is More to Avatars Than Visuals: Investigating Combinations of Visual and Auditory User Representations for Remote Collaboration in Augmented Reality
Papers
Daniel Immanuel Fink University of Konstanz, Moritz Skowronski HCI Group, University of Konstanz, Johannes Zagermann University of Konstanz, Anke Verena Reinschluessel University of Konstanz, Harald Reiterer University of Konstanz, Tiare Feuchtner University of Konstanz; Aarhus University
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