Collaborative Spaces

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Collaborative Spaces

• Scott Klemmer
• 16 November 2004

Paul Badger, Information Superhighway Anagrams
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Final Project Presentations

• I originally scheduled for 12/07 1045-12
• The registrar encouraged me to use our official
  exam time 12/09 330-630
• but one student has a conflict with 12/09
• Is there anyone that cant make 12/07i.e., has
  another commitment at that time

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Proxemics Edward T. Hall

• The study of spatial distances between
  individuals in different cultures and situations
• The Hidden Dimension, 1966

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Proxemics Edward T. Hall

• The boundaries between these areas is highly
  culturally dependent
• e.g., Southern Europe has closer boundaries for
  personal space than America

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Proxemics Intimate (lt18")

• Embracing and whispering

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Proxemics Personal (18 4')

• Friends and family, waiting in line

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Proxemics Social (4' 12')

• Communication among business associates
• Separates strangers using public areas

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Proxemics Public (12' 25')

• Distance between audience and speaker

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Angle of Orientation

• Sommers 1959

Conversation
Cooperation
Competition
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William H. Whyte (1917 - 1999)

• The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces(book 1980,
  video 1984)
• Results of the Street Life project
• In addition to captivating results, an excellent
  case study in social science research methods

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Recording Spatial Information
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Closer to reality

• Meyer TeamSpace
• TideWave
• Smart Ideas CamFire

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Design Issues, Principles, Research

• Even today, building collaborative spaces is
  hard. Recent developments help
• DiamondTouch table DiamondSpin toolkit (tables)
• The Papier-Mâché toolkit (vision, rfid, barcode)
• iROS and the PatchPanel (interactive rooms)
• These tools all support simultaneous input by
  multiple people, and the latter two address
  heterogeneous devices