Paper Info
Title
A review of telecollaboration technologies with respect to closely coupled collaboration
Abstract
Many existing Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) systems have two major deficiencies. Firstly, they support the situation of face-to-face meetings poorly. Secondly, many systems deal badly with data sets and workspaces. This paper outlines the requirements for a class of CSCW tools that would focus on supporting closely coupled collaborative activity around shared objects. These requirements include the ability to refer to a common model of the shared space through speech and gesture and for each person to be able to manipulate objects within that space. Based on that, this paper describes the current state-of-the-art in collaborative technologies with a critique of how well they support the required collaborative activities. Essentially, this paper suggests that, as of now, only through immersive Collaborative Virtual Environments (CVE) we are close to being able to achieve the seamless collaboration that exists in a face to face meeting.
Year
DOI
Venue
2007
10.1504/IJCAT.2007.014056
IJCAT
Keywords
Field
DocType
shared object,cscw tool,required collaborative activity,collaborative activity,collaborative technology,existing computer-supported cooperative work,shared space,telecollaboration technology,common model,face-to-face meeting,human factors,spatial context,computer supported cooperative work,cve,cscw,video conferencing,spatial relationships
Virtual reality,Concurrent engineering,Computer-supported cooperative work,Shared space,Computer science,Gesture,Collaborative software,Face-to-face,Telecollaboration,Human–computer interaction
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
29
1
0952-8091
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
20
1.01
109
Authors
4
Search Limit
100109
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Robin Wolff120413.95
Dave J. Roberts2201.01
Anthony Steed33502353.97
Oliver Otto41007.51