TY - CPAPER
KW - interactive surface
KW - social aspects
KW - board game
KW - tabletop
KW - evaluation
KW - gaming
KW - tangible
AU - Jasmin Odenwald
AU - Sven Bertel
AU - Florian Echtler
AB - Communication with remote persons over a video link is common today, e.g. to connect with family members abroad, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, social activities such as board games are rarely shared in this way, as common video chat software does not support this scenario well. However, interactive tabletops provide inherent support for natural tangible interaction with items on the tabletop surface.We present the Tabletop Teleporter, a setup designed to merge two remote locations into a single shared interaction space. We evaluate the system using a board game, focusing on the perceived immersion and connectedness of participants. Our evaluation shows that most measures for the social quality of a remotely shared game are not significantly different from one played with co-located participants, and that players prefer our setup over a pure videochat scenario.
BT - Proceedings of the 9TH ACM International Symposium on Pervasive Displays
CY - New York, NY, USA
DO - 10.1145/3393712.3395337
N2 - Communication with remote persons over a video link is common today, e.g. to connect with family members abroad, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, social activities such as board games are rarely shared in this way, as common video chat software does not support this scenario well. However, interactive tabletops provide inherent support for natural tangible interaction with items on the tabletop surface.We present the Tabletop Teleporter, a setup designed to merge two remote locations into a single shared interaction space. We evaluate the system using a board game, focusing on the perceived immersion and connectedness of participants. Our evaluation shows that most measures for the social quality of a remotely shared game are not significantly different from one played with co-located participants, and that players prefer our setup over a pure videochat scenario.
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
PP - New York, NY, USA
PY - 2020
SN - 9781450379861
EP - 79–86
T2 - Proceedings of the 9TH ACM International Symposium on Pervasive Displays
TI - Tabletop Teleporter: Evaluating the Immersiveness of Remote Board Gaming
UR - https://doi.org/10.1145/3393712.3395337
ER -