"Where Are You Pointing At?" A Study of Remote Collaboration in a Wearable Videoconference System

  • Authors:
  • Martin Bauer;Gerd Kortuem;Zary Segall

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-;-

  • Venue:
  • ISWC '99 Proceedings of the 3rd IEEE International Symposium on Wearable Computers
  • Year:
  • 1999

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Abstract

This paper reports on an empirical study aimed at evaluating the utility of a reality-augmenting telepointer in a wearable videoconference system. Results show that using this telepointer a remote expert can effectively guide and direct a field worker's manual activities. By analyzing verbal communication behavior and pointing gestures, we were able to determine that experts overwhelmingly preferred pointing for guiding workers through physical tasks.