Real-time Visual Representations for Mixed Reality Remote Collaboration

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2017
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The Eurographics Association
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We present a prototype Mixed Reality (MR) system with a hybrid interface to support remote collaboration between a local worker and a remote expert in a large-scale work space. By combining a low-resolution 3D point-cloud of the environment surrounding the local worker with a high-resolution real-time view of small focused details, the remote expert can see a virtual copy of the local workspace with an independent viewpoint control. Meanwhile, the export can also check the current actions of the local worker through a real-time feedback view. We conducted a pilot study to evaluate the usability of our system by comparing the performance of three different interface designs (showing the real-time view in forms of 2D first-person view, a 2D third-person view and a 3D point cloud view). We found no difference in average task performance time between the three interfaces, but there was a difference in user preference.
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@inproceedings{
10.2312:egve.20171344
, booktitle = {
ICAT-EGVE 2017 - International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence and Eurographics Symposium on Virtual Environments
}, editor = {
Robert W. Lindeman and Gerd Bruder and Daisuke Iwai
}, title = {{
Real-time Visual Representations for Mixed Reality Remote Collaboration
}}, author = {
Gao, Lei
and
Bai, Huidong
and
Piumsomboon, Thammathip
and
Lee, Gun A.
and
Lindeman, Robert W.
and
Billinghurst, Mark
}, year = {
2017
}, publisher = {
The Eurographics Association
}, ISSN = {
1727-530X
}, ISBN = {
978-3-03868-038-3
}, DOI = {
10.2312/egve.20171344
} }
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