Aether: An Awareness Engine for CSCW

Sandor, Ovidiu; Bogdan, Cristian; Bowers, John

doi:10.1007/978-94-015-7372-6_15

Cited by 53 publications

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“…Numerous papers define specific types of awareness, and discuss how to support these [e.g., 10,16,18]. Many tools and systems have been developed to support awareness in distributed collaboration [6,8,26].…”

Section: Awarenessmentioning

confidence: 99%

Collaboration and interference

Hornecker

Marshall

Dalton

et al. 2008

Proceedings of the 2008 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work

155

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Multi-touch surfaces are becoming increasingly popular. An assumed benefit is that they can facilitate collaborative interactions in co-located groups. In particular, being able to see another's physical actions can enhance awareness, which in turn can support fluid interaction and coordination. However, there is a paucity of empirical evidence or measures to support these claims. We present an analysis of different aspects of awareness in an empirical study that compared two kinds of input: multi-touch and multiple mice. For our analysis, a set of awareness indices was derived from the CSCW and HCI literatures, which measures both the presence and absence of awareness in colocated settings. Our findings indicate higher levels of awareness for the multi-touch condition accompanied by significantly more actions that interfere with each other. A subsequent qualitative analysis shows that the interactions in this condition were more fluid and that interference was quickly resolved. We suggest that it is more important that resources are available to negotiate interference rather than necessarily to attempt to prevent it.

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Section: Awarenessmentioning

confidence: 99%

Collaboration and interference

Hornecker

Marshall

Dalton

et al. 2008

Proceedings of the 2008 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work

155

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“…Instead this research attempts to develop computational environments based on 'event propagation mechanisms' or similar for collecting, disseminating, and integrating information concerning cooperative activities (e.g., Fuchs et al, 1995;Syri, 1997;Prinz, 1999) or more comprehensive 'awareness models' based on a spatial metaphor (e.g., Rodden, 1996;Sandor et al, 1997) or the reaction-diffusion metaphor (e.g., Simone and Bandini, 1997).…”

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The Problem with `Awareness': Introductory Remarks on `Awareness in CSCW'

Schmidt

2002

Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW)

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“…We can cite the Sandor work with the AETHER system Sandor et al (1997), the Greenhalgh work Greenhalgh (1997) and Greenhalgh & Benford (1999). In AETHER system, authors use focus, nimbus, and awareness concepts on semantic networks objects and relations.…”

Section: Managing Interactions In Cvesmentioning

confidence: 99%