1. Tangible document sharing: handing over paper documents across a videoconferencing display
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Kazuaki Tanaka, Kentaro Oshiro, Naomi Yamashita, and Hideyuki Nakanishi
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telepresence ,media space ,telerobotics ,paper documents ,videoconferencing ,Mechanical engineering and machinery ,TJ1-1570 ,Electronic computers. Computer science ,QA75.5-76.95 - Abstract
Conventional techniques for sharing paper documents in teleconferencing tend to introduce two inconsistencies: 1) media inconsistency: a paper document is converted into a digital image on the remote site; 2) space inconsistency: a workspace deliberately inverts the partner’s handwriting to make a document easy to read. In this paper, we present a novel system that eliminates these inconsistencies. The media and space inconsistencies are resolved by reproducing a real paper document on a remote site and allowing a user to handover the paper document to a remote partner across a videoconferencing display. From a series of experiments, we found that reproducing a real paper document contributes to a higher sense of information sharing. We also found that handing over a document enhances a sense of space sharing, regardless of whether the document is digital or paper-based. These findings provide insights into designing systems for sharing paper documents across distances.
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- 2024
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