The properties of mixed reality boundaries

  • Authors:
  • Boriana Koleva;Steve Benford;Chris Greenhalgh

  • Affiliations:
  • The University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK;The University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK;The University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK

  • Venue:
  • ECSCW'99 Proceedings of the sixth conference on European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work
  • Year:
  • 1999

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Abstract

Mixed reality boundaries establish transparent windows between physical and virtual spaces. We introduce a set of properties that allow such boundaries to be configured to support different styles of co-operative activity. These properties are grouped into three categories: permeability (properties of visibility, audibility and solidity); situation (properties of location, alignment, mobility and segmentation); and dynamics (properties of lifetime and configurability). We discuss how each of these properties can be technically realised. We also introduce the meta-properties of symmetry and representation. We then describe and compare two contrasting demonstrations, a performance and an office-door, that rely on different property configurations.