Title :
"Lazy Susan" communication system for remote, spatial and physical collaborative works
Author :
Wesugi, Shigeru ; Miwa, Yoshiyuki
Author_Institution :
Waseda Univ., Japan
Abstract :
Various communication systems in shared space technology have been proposed to support remote spatial collaborative works with physical objects. The authors have focused on sharing bodily interactions with physical objects between remote places, and have developed "Lazy Susan" communication systems. We have applied our unique communication system to support remote collaborative works and proved that our communication system is useful to change spatial and positional relation between a remote physical object and local self. Moreover, in order to exploit the feature of "Lazy Susan" communication system, we have proposed three modes; rotation, magnifying and personal mode, and implement visual tag interface as additional functions for a collaborative work. We discussed also uniqueness of our system in comparison to conventional communication systems and indicated its possibility.
Keywords :
groupware; telecommunication computing; user interfaces; Lazy Susan communication system; bodily interaction; magnifying mode; personal mode; physical collaborative work; remote collaborative work; rotation mode; shared space technology; spatial collaborative work; visual tag interface; Collaborative work; Communications technology; Education; Educational robots; Humans; Mobile communication; Mobile handsets; Mood; Orbital robotics; Space technology;
Conference_Titel :
Horizontal Interactive Human-Computer Systems, 2006. TableTop 2006. First IEEE International Workshop on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2494-X
DOI :
10.1109/TABLETOP.2006.1