Towards Seamless Support of Natural Collaborative Interactions
Towards Seamless Support of Natural Collaborative Interactions
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实现自然协作交互的无缝支持
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2000
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K. Quinn
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Stacey D. Scott;Garth B. D. Shoemaker;K. Quinn
In order to effectively support collaboration it is important that computer technology seamlessly support users’ natural interactions instead of inhibiting or constraining the collaborative process. The research presented in this paper examines the human-human component of computer supported cooperative work and how the design of technology can impact how people work together. In particular, this study examined children’s natural interactions when working in a physical medium compared to two computer-based environments. One of the computer environments was a traditional setup with a desktop computer and a single mouse while the other was augmented to provide each user with a mouse and a cursor. The results of this work demonstrate that given the opportunity, both in a physical and a computer environment, children will take advantage of the ability to interact concurrently. By constraining users to interact sequentially, as in the traditional computer setup, the amount of verbal interaction between users may be reduced as well as the users’ ability to perform effectively in the environment. Enabling users to interact concurrently with multiple input devices is a first step towards developing effective collaborative environments that support users’ natural collaborative interactions.