Does a shared screen make a shared solution?
CSCL '99 Proceedings of the 1999 conference on Computer support for collaborative learning
Collaboration in a multi-user game: impacts of an awareness tool on mutual modeling
Multimedia Tools and Applications
The cost of supporting references in collaborative augmented reality
GI '08 Proceedings of graphics interface 2008
Improving remote collaborative process modelling using embodiment in 3D virtual environments
APCCM '13 Proceedings of the Ninth Asia-Pacific Conference on Conceptual Modelling - Volume 143
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This contribution investigates the role of virtual space on social interactions during collaborative tasks. We previously observed that MUD users rely on spatial positions to refine the conversational context and thereby facilitate mutual understanding. Supporting mutual understanding is a main challenge of CSCL research. We explore how this may happen in a continuous 3D space (VRML). Our first hypothesis was that the proximity of the emitter to the referred object clarifies the referential context. Our second hypothesis stated that the receiver uses gaze awareness in order to guess which object the emitter refers to. The experiment results confirmed the first hypothesis, surprisingly rejected the second hypothesis and reveal complex interactions between the two.