A Participatory Design Study of User Requirements for a Shared Virtual Meeting Space
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This paper summarises the results of a study of user habituation, usage and involvement with a shared virtual 3D environment acting as a meeting space. Employing a participatory design process, the study investigated the effectiveness of a range of design features aimed at enhancing communication, discussion and social interaction among a group of four users of the shared space for six sessions during which participants carried out specified communication tasks. The role of a wide range of design features that contribute to the perception of presence and copresence were investigated. These included the environment, methods for talker identification and turn-taking, avatar personalisation options, gesture control and symbolic acting.
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