Article

MultiView: spatially faithful group video conferencing

Authors:

John CannyAuthors Info & Claims

CHI '05: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Pages 799 - 808

https://doi.org/10.1145/1054972.1055084

Published: 02 April 2005 Publication History

Abstract

MultiView is a new video conferencing system that supports collaboration between remote groups of people. MultiView accomplishes this by being spatially faithful. As a result, MultiView preserves a myriad of nonverbal cues, includ-ing gaze and gesture, in a way that should improve com-munication. Previous systems fail to support many of these cues because a single camera perspective warps spatial char-acteristics in group-to-group meetings. In this paper, we present a formal definition of spatial faithfulness. We then apply a metaphor-based design methodology to help us spec-ify and evaluate MultiView's support of spatial faithfulness. We then present results from a low-level user study to mea-sure MultiView's effectiveness at conveying gaze and ges-ture perception. MultiView is the first practical solution to spatially faithful group-to-group conferencing, one of the most common applications of video conferencing.

References

[1]

Argyle, M., Lalljee, M., and Cook, M. The effects of visibility on interaction in a dyad. Human Relations, 21, (1968), 3--17.

[2]

Bos, N., Olson, J., Gergle, D., Olson, G., and Wright, Z. Effects of four computer-mediated communications channels on trust development. Proc. CHI 2002, ACM Press (2002), 135--140.

Digital Library

[3]

Chen, M. Leveraging the asymmetric sensitivity of eye contact for videoconference. Proc. CHI 2002, ACM Press (2002), 49--56.

Digital Library

[4]

Connell, J. and Mendelsohn, J. and Robins, R. and Canny, J. Dont hang up on the phone, yet! ACM GROUP (Conf. on Group support), Sept 2001, 117--124.

[5]

Dourish, P., Adler, A., Bellotti, V., and Henderson, A. Your place or mine? learning from long-term use of audio-video communication. Computer-Supported Cooperative Work 5, 1 (1996), 33--62.

Digital Library

[6]

Ekman, P. Telling Lies: Clues to Deceit in the Marketplace, Marriage, and Politics, Third edition, W.W. Norton, 2002.

[7]

Ishii, H., and Kobayashi, M. Clearboard: a seamless medium for shared drawing and conversation with eye contact. Proc. CHI 1992, ACM Press (1992), 525--532.

Digital Library

[8]

Kendon, A. Some functions of gaze-direction in social interaction. Acta Psychologica 26 (1967), 22--63.

[9]

Lipton, L., and Feldman, M. A new autostereoscopic display techology: The synthagram. http://www.stereographics.com/.

[10]

Monk, A., and Gale, C. A look is worth a thousand words: Full gaze awareness in video-mediated conversation. Discourse Processes 33, 3 (2002), 257--278.

[11]

Okada, K., Maeda, F., Ichikawaa, Y., and Matsushita, Y. Multiparty videoconferencing at virtual social distance: MAJIC design. Proc. CSCW 1994, ACM Press (1994), 385--393.

Digital Library

[12]

Paulos, E. and Canny, J. Prop: Personal roving presence. ACM SIGCHI, 1998. Los Angeles, pp 296--303.

Digital Library

[13]

Perrett, D. I. Organization and Functions of Cells Responsive to Faces in the Temporal Cortex. Phil. Trans.: Biological Sciences 335, 1274 (1992), 23--30.

[14]

Reeves, B., and Nass, C. The media equation: how people treat computers, television, and new media like real people and places. Cambridge University Press, 1998.

Digital Library

[15]

Schmidt, A., and Grasnick, A. MultiViewpoint autostereoscopic dispays from 4d-vision gmbh. Stereoscopic Displays and Virtual Reality Systems IX 4660, 1 (2002), 212--221.

[16]

Sellen, A., Buxton, B., and Arnott, J. Using spatial cues to improve videoconferencing. Proc. CHI 1992, ACM Press (1992), 651--652.

Digital Library

[17]

Short, J., Williams, E., and Christie, B. The social psychology of telecommunications. Wiley & Sons, London, 1967.

[18]

Slabaugh, G. G., Culbertson, W. B., Malzbender, T., Stevens, M. R., and Schafer, R. W. Methods for volumetric reconstruction of visual scenes. Int. J. Comput. Vision 57, 3 (2004), 179--199.

Digital Library

[19]

Upstream Engineering, Inc. http://www.upstream.fi/.

[20]

Vertegaal, R., Van der Veer, G. and Vons, H. Effects of Gaze on Multiparty Mediated Communication. Proc. Graphics Interface 2000, (2000), 95--102.

[21]

Vertegaal, R., Weevers, I., Sohn, C., and Cheung, C. Gaze-2: conveying eye contact in group video conferencing using eye-controlled camera direction. Proc. CHI 2003, ACM Press (2003), 521--528.

Digital Library

Cited By

Ma EDixit PHan AMarsano NSparks BSun ATiangco LZhou THuang JPapoutsaki A(2025)EyeDraw: Investigating the Perceived Effects of Shared Gaze on Remote Collaborative DrawingProceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction10.1145/37011969:1(1-24)Online publication date: 10-Jan-2025
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3701196
Panda PTankelevitch LSpittle BInkpen KTang JJunuzovic SQi QSweeney PWilson ABuxton WSellen ARintel S(2024)Hybridge: Bridging Spatiality for Inclusive and Equitable Hybrid MeetingsProceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction10.1145/36870408:CSCW2(1-39)Online publication date: 8-Nov-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3687040
Sidenmark LZhang TAl Lababidi LLi JGrossman T(2024)Desk2Desk: Optimization-based Mixed Reality Workspace Integration for Remote Side-by-side CollaborationProceedings of the 37th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology10.1145/3654777.3676339(1-15)Online publication date: 13-Oct-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3654777.3676339
Show More Cited By

Index Terms

MultiView: spatially faithful group video conferencing
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Collaborative and social computing
    1. Collaborative and social computing theory, concepts and paradigms
      1. Computer supported cooperative work
2. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing and business
      1. Computer supported cooperative work

Recommendations

Multiview: improving trust in group video conferencing through spatial faithfulness
CHI '07: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Video conferencing is still considered a poor alternative to face-to-face meetings. In the business setting, where these systems are most prevalent, the misuse of video conferencing systems can have detrimental results, especially in high-stakes ...
GAZE-2: conveying eye contact in group video conferencing using eye-controlled camera direction
CHI '03: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

GAZE-2 is a novel group video conferencing system that uses eye-controlled camera direction to ensure parallax-free transmission of eye contact. To convey eye contact, GAZE-2 employs a video tunnel that allows placement of cameras behind participant ...
Are you looking at me? Eye contact and desktop video conferencing

Mutual gaze is an important conversational resource, but is difficult to provide using conventional video conferencing equipment due to the disparity between the position of the camera and the position of the eyes on the screen. Various elaborate ...

Comments

Information & Contributors

Information

Published In

cover image ACM Conferences

CHI '05: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

April 2005

928 pages

ISBN:1581139985

DOI:10.1145/1054972

Conference Chairs:
Wendy Kellogg
IBM T. J. Watson Research Center
,
Shumin Zhai
IBM Almaden Research Center
,
General Chair:
Gerrit van der Veer
Vrije Universiteit, The Netherlands
,
Program Chair:
Carolyn Gale
Stanford University, USA

Copyright © 2005 ACM.

Permission to make digital or hard copies of all or part of this work for personal or classroom use is granted without fee provided that copies are not made or distributed for profit or commercial advantage and that copies bear this notice and the full citation on the first page. Copyrights for components of this work owned by others than ACM must be honored. Abstracting with credit is permitted. To copy otherwise, or republish, to post on servers or to redistribute to lists, requires prior specific permission and/or a fee. Request permissions from [email protected]

Sponsors

Publisher

Association for Computing Machinery

New York, NY, United States

Publication History

Published: 02 April 2005

Permissions

Request permissions for this article.

Request Permissions

Check for updates

Author Tags

Qualifiers

Article

Conference

CHI05

Sponsor:

CHI05: CHI 2005 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

April 2 - 7, 2005

Oregon, Portland, USA

Acceptance Rates

CHI '05 Paper Acceptance Rate 93 of 372 submissions, 25%;

Overall Acceptance Rate 6,199 of 26,314 submissions, 24%

Upcoming Conference

CHI 2025

Sponsor:
sigchi

ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

April 26 - May 1, 2025

Yokohama , Japan

Contributors

Other Metrics

View Article Metrics

Bibliometrics & Citations

Bibliometrics

Article Metrics

97
Total Citations
View Citations
1,727
Total Downloads

Downloads (Last 12 months)53
Downloads (Last 6 weeks)3

Reflects downloads up to 19 Feb 2025

Other Metrics

View Author Metrics

Citations

Cited By

Ma EDixit PHan AMarsano NSparks BSun ATiangco LZhou THuang JPapoutsaki A(2025)EyeDraw: Investigating the Perceived Effects of Shared Gaze on Remote Collaborative DrawingProceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction10.1145/37011969:1(1-24)Online publication date: 10-Jan-2025
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3701196
Panda PTankelevitch LSpittle BInkpen KTang JJunuzovic SQi QSweeney PWilson ABuxton WSellen ARintel S(2024)Hybridge: Bridging Spatiality for Inclusive and Equitable Hybrid MeetingsProceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction10.1145/36870408:CSCW2(1-39)Online publication date: 8-Nov-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3687040
Sidenmark LZhang TAl Lababidi LLi JGrossman T(2024)Desk2Desk: Optimization-based Mixed Reality Workspace Integration for Remote Side-by-side CollaborationProceedings of the 37th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology10.1145/3654777.3676339(1-15)Online publication date: 13-Oct-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3654777.3676339
Lux MRabung SHerrmann PAlbert TAndreas SHohnwald S(2024)Looking Beyond the ScreenProceedings of the 15th ACM Multimedia Systems Conference10.1145/3625468.3652199(499-502)Online publication date: 15-Apr-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3625468.3652199
Spittle BPanda PTankelevitch LInkpen KTang JJunuzovic SQi QSweeney PWilson ABuxton WSellen ARintel S(2024)Comparing the Agency of Hybrid Meeting Remote Users in 2D and 3D Interfaces of the Hybridge SystemExtended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3613905.3651103(1-12)Online publication date: 11-May-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3613905.3651103
Qian XTan FZhang YCollins BKim DOlwal ARamani KDu R(2024)ChatDirector: Enhancing Video Conferencing with Space-Aware Scene Rendering and Speech-Driven Layout TransitionProceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3613904.3642110(1-16)Online publication date: 11-May-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3613904.3642110
Wang XZhang WFu H(2024)A3RT: Attention-Aware AR Teleconferencing with Life-Size 2.5D Video Avatars2024 IEEE Conference Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR)10.1109/VR58804.2024.00044(211-221)Online publication date: 16-Mar-2024
https://doi.org/10.1109/VR58804.2024.00044
Kang SKim GLee KKim S(2023)How Do Background and Remote User Representations Affect Social Telepresence in Remote Collaboration?: A Study with Portal Display, a Head Pose-Responsive Video Teleconferencing SystemElectronics10.3390/electronics1220433912:20(4339)Online publication date: 19-Oct-2023
https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics12204339
Troje N(2023)Depth from motion parallax: Deictic consistency, eye contact, and a serious problem with ZoomJournal of Vision10.1167/jov.23.10.123:10(1)Online publication date: 1-Sep-2023
https://doi.org/10.1167/jov.23.10.1
Moon JKim NGoh GLee KKim HPark Y(2023)Stubbi: an Interactive Device for Enhancing Remote Text and Voice Communication in Small Intimate Groups through Simple Physical MovementsProceedings of the 2023 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference10.1145/3563657.3596016(1773-1788)Online publication date: 10-Jul-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3563657.3596016
Show More Cited By

View Options

Login options

Check if you have access through your login credentials or your institution to get full access on this article.

Full Access

Get this Publication

View options

PDF

View or Download as a PDF file.

eReader

View online with eReader.

Figures

Tables

Media

View Table of Conten