1. stanford hci group / cs376 research topics in human-computer interaction http://cs376.stanford.edu Collaborative Spaces Scott Klemmer 18 October 2005 Paul Badger, Information Superhighway Anagrams

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. intimate personal social public 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

4. 16 November 2004 4 Collaborative Spaces Proxemics: Intimate (<18")  Embracing and whispering

5. 16 November 2004 5 Collaborative Spaces Proxemics: Personal (18“ – 4')  Friends and family, waiting in line

6. 16 November 2004 6 Collaborative Spaces Proxemics: Social (4' – 12')  Communication among business associates  Separates strangers using public areas

7. 16 November 2004 7 Collaborative Spaces Proxemics: Public (12' – 25')  Distance between audience and speaker

8. 16 November 2004 8 Collaborative Spaces Angle of Orientation  Sommers 1959 ConversationCooperationCompetition

9. 16 November 2004 9 Collaborative Spaces 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

10. 16 November 2004 10 Collaborative Spaces Recording Spatial Information

13. 16 November 2004 13 Collaborative Spaces Closer to reality  Meyer TeamSpace  TideWave  Smart Ideas + CamFire

14. 16 November 2004 14 Collaborative Spaces 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. 16 November 2004 15 Collaborative Spaces 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. 16 November 2004 16 Collaborative Spaces Design Principles  Always on scanning  Geo-referenced I/O  Capture & Access