Title :
The DrawStream Station or the AVCs of Video Cocktail Napkins
Author :
Harrison, Steve ; Minneman, Scott ; Marinacci, Joshua
Author_Institution :
Xerox Palo Alto Res. Center, CA, USA
Abstract :
The paper reports on the development of a multimedia system to support collaborative design processes. The DrawStream Station was developed through a cycle of observation of real work, identification of problem characteristics and system requirements, development of the technology, and observation of the technology in use. The system is a combination of a high quality multimedia infrastructure and a particular form of “Space Above/Space Below” interface merging real and virtual representations. The control interface mixes a variety of temporal and logical representations to display a threaded conversation. We report on the use of the system as a way to understand the dynamics of genre systems. Two nascent genres are identified: Asynchronous Video Conversations and Video Cocktail Napkins
Keywords :
CAD; design engineering; groupware; multimedia systems; user interfaces; AVCs; Asynchronous Video Conversations; DrawStream Station; Space Above/Space Below interface; Video Cocktail Napkins; collaborative design processes; control interface; genre systems; high quality multimedia infrastructure; logical representations; multimedia system; problem characteristics; system requirements; threaded conversation; virtual representations; Automatic voltage control; Collaborative work; Control systems; Displays; Internet; Merging; Process design; Sociotechnical systems; Space technology; Streaming media;
Conference_Titel :
Multimedia Computing and Systems, 1999. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Florence
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0253-9
DOI :
10.1109/MMCS.1999.779259
