1. Remote Collaboration Scott Klemmer · 17 October 2006
Paul Badger, Information Superhighway Anagrams
Scott Klemmer · 17 October 2006

2. Proxemics: Edward T. Hall
The study of spatial distances between individuals in different cultures and situations
The Hidden Dimension, 1966
intimate
personal
social
public

3. 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
intimate
personal
social
public

4. Proxemics: Intimate (<18")
Embracing and whispering

5. Proxemics: Personal (18“ – 4')
Friends and family, waiting in line

6. Proxemics: Social (4' – 12') Communication among business associates
Separates strangers using public areas

7. Proxemics: Public (12' – 25')
Distance between audience and speaker

8. Angle of Orientation
Sommers 1959
Conversation
Cooperation
Competition

9. William H. Whyte ( )
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

10. Recording Spatial Information

13. Closer to reality
Meyer TeamSpace
TideWave
Smart Ideas + CamFire

14. Design Issues, Principles, Research
Even today, building collaborative spaces is hard. Recent developments help:
DiamondTouch table & DiamondSpin toolkit (tables)
The Papier-Mâché 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

15. 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!

16. Design Principles Always on scanning Geo-referenced I/O
Capture & Access

17. Next Time… Distributed Cognition
Distributed Cognition: Toward a New Foundation for Human-Computer Interaction Research, James Hollan, Edwin Hutchins, and David Kirsh
On Distinguishing Pragmatic from Epistemic Action, David Kirsh and Paul Maglio