Distributed multiparty desktop conferencing system: MERMAID

  • Authors:
  • Kazuo Watabe;Shiro Sakata;Kazutoshi Maeno;Hideyuki Fukuoka;Toyoko Ohmori

  • Affiliations:
  • Kansai C&C Laboratory, NEC Corporation, 4-24, Shiromi 1-Chome, Chuo-ku, Osaka 540, Japan;C&C Systems Research Laboratories, NEC Corporation, 1-1, Miyazaki 4-Chome, Miyamae-ku, Kawasaki 213, Japan;C&C Systems Research Laboratories, NEC Corporation, 1-1, Miyazaki 4-Chome, Miyamae-ku, Kawasaki 213, Japan;Kansai C&C Laboratory, NEC Corporation, 4-24, Shiromi 1-Chome, Chuo-ku, Osaka 540, Japan;C&C Systems Research Laboratories, NEC Corporation, 1-1, Miyazaki 4-Chome, Miyamae-ku, Kawasaki 213, Japan

  • Venue:
  • CSCW '90 Proceedings of the 1990 ACM conference on Computer-supported cooperative work
  • Year:
  • 1990

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Abstract

This describes a distributed multiparty desktop conferencing system (MERMAID) and presents its preliminary brief evaluation, obtained as a result of daily use. MERMAID, which is designed based on group collaboration system architecture, provides an environment for widely distributed participants, seated at their desks, to hold real-time conferences by interchanging information through video, voice, and multimedia documents. This system is implemented by using narrow-band ISDN, high-speed data network, and UNIX-based EWSs with electronic writing pads, image scanners, video cameras, microphone-installed loudspeakers, etc. The system provides participants with the means for sharing information in such multimedia forms as video images, voice, text, graphics, still images, and hand drawn figures.