Does "Virtually being there" help? comparing collaborative work between 3D and 2D conditions

Authors:
Hannes Olivier;Niels Pinkwart
Affiliations:
Clausthal University of Technology, Department of Informatics;Clausthal University of Technology, Department of Informatics
Venue:
CRIWG'11 Proceedings of the 17th international conference on Collaboration and technology
Year:
2011

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Abstract

3D Collaborative Virtual Environments (CVEs) have been in the focus of CSCW research for some time. This paper presents a study comparing teamwork done in a CVE with teamwork done in a 2D remote condition and a F2F control condition. The tasks done were designed for groups without prior knowledge; they did not favor any of the environments. In some dependent variables, the 3D environment outperformed the other conditions while in others it kept on par.