"Where Are You Pointing At?" A Study of Remote Collaboration in a Wearable Videoconference System

This paper reports on an empirical study aimed at evaluating the utility of a reality-augmenting telepointer in a wearable videoconference system. Results show that using this telepointer a remote expert can effectively guide and direct a field worker's manual activities. By analyzing verbal communication behavior and pointing gestures, we were able to determine that experts overwhelmingly preferred pointing for guiding workers through physical tasks. Keywords Wearable computing, CSCW, video conferencing, telepointer, augmented-reality, empirical study.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1999
• Where: ISWC
• Authors: Martin Bauer, Gerd Kortuem, Zary Segall
• Keywords: Empirical Study, Human Computer Interaction, ISWC 1999, Keywords Wearable Computing, Worker's Manual Activities