Mini-me: An adaptive avatar for Mixed Reality remote collaboration

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2018

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Piumsomboon, T.
Lee, G.A.
Hart, J.D.
Ens, B.
Lindeman, R.W.
Thomas, B.H.
Billinghurst, M.

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Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Proceedings, 2018, vol.2018-April

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CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) (21 Apr 2018 - 26 Apr 2018 : CANADA, Montreal)

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We present Mini-Me, an adaptive avatar for enhancing Mixed Reality (MR) remote collaboration between a local Augmented Reality (AR) user and a remote Virtual Reality (VR) user. The Mini-Me avatar represents the VR user's gaze direction and body gestures while it transforms in size and orientation to stay within the AR user's field of view. A user study was conducted to evaluate Mini-Me in two collaborative scenarios: an asymmetric remote expert in VR assisting a local worker in AR, and a symmetric collaboration in urban planning. We found that the presence of the Mini-Me significantly improved Social Presence and the overall experience of MR collaboration

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