Using distance as an interface in a video communication system

  • Authors:
  • Nicolas Roussel;Helen Evans;Heiko Hansen

  • Affiliations:
  • LRI, INRIA Futurs;LRI, INRIA Futurs;LRI, INRIA Futurs

  • Venue:
  • IHM 2003 Proceedings of the 15th French-speaking conference on human-computer interaction on 15eme Conference Francophone sur l'Interaction Homme-Machine
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

Physical proximity between people is a language for non-verbal communication that we all employ everyday, although we are barely aware of it. Yet, existing systems for video-mediated communication fail to fully take it into account. In this paper, we present MirrorSpace, a new video communication system that uses proximity as an interface to provide smooth transitions from general visual awareness to very close and intimate forms of communication.