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Ma petite chérie: what are you looking at?: a small telepresence system to support remote collaborative work for intimate communication

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Yoshio Ishiguro,

Jun RekimotoAuthors Info & Claims

AH '12: Proceedings of the 3rd Augmented Human International Conference

Article No.: 17, Pages 1 - 5

https://doi.org/10.1145/2160125.2160142

Published: 08 March 2012 Publication History

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We present a telepresence system with a reduced scale face-shaped display for supporting intimate telecommunication. In our previous work, we have developed a real-size face shaped display that tracks and reproduces the remote user's head motion and face image. It can convey user's nonverbal information such as facial expression and gaze awareness. In this paper, we examine the value and effect of scale reduction of such face-shaped displays. We expect small size face displays retain the benefit of real-size talking-head type telecommunication systems, and also provide more intimate impression. It is easier to transport or put on a desk, and it can be worn on the shoulder of the local participants so that people bring it like a small buddy. However, it is not clear how such reduced-size face screen might change the quality of nonverbal communication. We thus conducted an experiment using a 1/14 scale face display, and found critical nonverbal information, such as gaze-direction, is still correctly transmitted even when face size is reduced.

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Ma petite chérie: what are you looking at?: a small telepresence system to support remote collaborative work for intimate communication
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

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AH '12: Proceedings of the 3rd Augmented Human International Conference

March 2012

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ISBN:9781450310772

DOI:10.1145/2160125

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University of Geneva
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University of Georgia
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Guillaume Moreau
Ecole Centrale de Nantes, France

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