Integrating 2D and 3D views for spatial collaboration
GROUP '05 Proceedings of the 2005 international ACM SIGGROUP conference on Supporting group work
Evaluation of Mixed-Space Collaboration
ISMAR '05 Proceedings of the 4th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality
On scaling strategies for the full-body postural control of virtual mannequins
Interacting with Computers
Efficiency of techniques for mixed-space collaborative navigation
ISMAR '08 Proceedings of the 7th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality
ICVR'07 Proceedings of the 2nd international conference on Virtual reality
Comparison of techniques for mixed-space collaborative navigation
AUIC '09 Proceedings of the Tenth Australasian Conference on User Interfaces - Volume 93
Integrating semantic directional relationships into virtual environments: a meta-modelling approach
EGVE - JVRC'11 Proceedings of the 17th Eurographics conference on Virtual Environments & Third Joint Virtual Reality
Mutual engagement and collocation with shared representations
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
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Spatial collaboration is an everyday activity in which people work together to solve a spatial problem. For example, a group of people will often arrange furniture together or exchange directions with one another. Collaborative virtual environments using desktop PCs are particularly useful for spatial activities when the participants are distributed. This work investigates ways to enhance distributed, collaborative spatial activities. This paper explores how different frames of reference affect spatial collaboration. Specifically, it reports on an experiment that examines different combinations of exocentric and egocentric frames of reference with two users. Tasks involve manipulating an object, where one participant knows the objective (director) and the other performs the interactions (actor). It discusses the advantages and disadvantages of the different combinations for a spatial collaboration task. Findings from this study demonstrate that frames of reference affect collaboration in a variety of ways and simple exocentric-egocentric combinations do not always provide the most usable solution.