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TY - JOUR
T1 - Look together
T2 - using gaze for assisting co-located collaborative search
AU - Zhang, Yanxia
AU - Pfeuffer, Ken
AU - Chong, Ming Ki
AU - Alexander, Jason Mark
AU - Bulling, Andreas
AU - Gellersen, Hans-Werner Georg
PY - 2017/2
Y1 - 2017/2
N2 - Gaze information provides indication of users focus which complements remote collaboration tasks, as distant users can see their partner’s focus. In this paper, we apply gaze for co-located collaboration, where users’ gaze locations are presented on the same display, to help collaboration between partners. We integrated various types of gaze indicators on the user interface of a collaborative search system, and we conducted two user studies to understand how gaze enhances coordination and communication between co-located users. Our results show that gaze indeed enhances co-located collaboration, but with a trade-off between visibility of gaze indicators and user distraction. Users acknowledged that seeing gaze indicators eases communication, because it let them be aware of their partner’s interests and attention. However, users can be reluctant to share their gaze information due to trust and privacy, as gaze potentially divulges their interests.
AB - Gaze information provides indication of users focus which complements remote collaboration tasks, as distant users can see their partner’s focus. In this paper, we apply gaze for co-located collaboration, where users’ gaze locations are presented on the same display, to help collaboration between partners. We integrated various types of gaze indicators on the user interface of a collaborative search system, and we conducted two user studies to understand how gaze enhances coordination and communication between co-located users. Our results show that gaze indeed enhances co-located collaboration, but with a trade-off between visibility of gaze indicators and user distraction. Users acknowledged that seeing gaze indicators eases communication, because it let them be aware of their partner’s interests and attention. However, users can be reluctant to share their gaze information due to trust and privacy, as gaze potentially divulges their interests.
KW - Eye tracking
KW - Gaze awareness
KW - Gaze interaction
KW - Multi-user
KW - Collaborative task
KW - Large pervasive display
U2 - 10.1007/s00779-016-0969-x
DO - 10.1007/s00779-016-0969-x
M3 - Journal article
VL - 21
SP - 173
EP - 186
JO - Personal and Ubiquitous Computing
JF - Personal and Ubiquitous Computing
SN - 1617-4909
IS - 1
ER -