Collaborative Spaces.ppt

16 November 2004 Collaborative Spaces Collaborative Spaces Scott Klemmer 18 October 2005 Proxemics: Edward T. Hall The study of spatial distances between individuals in different cultures and situations The Hidden Dimension, 1966 Proxemics: Edward T. Hall The boundaries between these areas is highly culturally dependent e.g., Southern Europe has closer boundaries for personal space than America Proxemics: Intimate (18) Embracing and whispering Proxemics: Personal (18“ – 4) Friends and family, waiting in line Proxemics: Social (4 – 12) Communication among business associates Separates strangers using public areas Proxemics: Public (12 – 25) Distance between audience and speaker Angle of Orientation Sommers 1959 William H. Whyte (1917 - 1999) The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces(book 1980, video 1984) Results of the Street Life project In addition to captivating results, an excellent case study in social science research methods Recording Spatial Information Closer to reality Meyer TeamSpace TideWave Smart Ideas + CamFire Design Issues, Principles, Research Even today, building collaborative spaces is hard. Recent developments help: DiamondTouch table DiamondSpin toolkit (tables) The Papier-Maché toolkit (vision, rfid, barcode) iROS and the PatchPanel (interactive rooms) These tools all support simultaneous input by multiple people, and the latter two address heterogeneous devices History Weiser’s ubicomp era: LiveBoards Fundamental contribution: computing at the wall scale Commercial spinouts by LiveWorks, SMART SMART now a $100m/yr business Early/Mid 90s: Richer interactions Digital Desk, Clearboard More recently: Interacting across devices iRoom! Design Principles Always on scanning Geo-referenced I/O Capture Access * stanford hci group / cs376 research topics in human-computer interaction Paul Badger, Information Superhighway Anagrams intimate personal social public intimate personal social public Conversation Cooperation Competition