Advantages and disadvantages of a 3D virtual environment for supporting informal communication in distributed workgroups compared with a text-chat and a chat/cam system.
Roland BußLothar MühlbachDetlef RundePublished in: HCI (2) (1999)
Keyphrases
- advantages and disadvantages
- virtual environment
- virtual reality
- strengths and weaknesses
- physical environment
- virtual world
- thresholding methods
- computer graphics
- multi user
- physical space
- instant messaging
- synchronous communication
- haptic interaction
- virtual humans
- communication cost
- virtual agents
- virtual characters
- real time
- multi party
- haptic feedback
- natural interaction
- turn taking
- multi agent