CHI 2007 Advance Program: Session Details

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People, Looking at People (Papers)

Wednesday
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

 

Effects of Presenting Geographic Context on Tracking Activity between Cameras

Andreas Girgensohn
Frank Shipman
Thea Turner
Lynn Wilcox

Presents designs for providing geographic cues to aid cross-camera activity tracking and compares user performance and preferences. Shows implications for the design of interfaces for video surveillance or multi-video applications.

 

Dynamic Shared Visual Spaces: Experimenting with Automatic Camera Control in a Remote Repair Task

Abhishek Ranjan
Jeremy Birnholtz
Ravin Balakrishnan

Presents evaluation of automatic camera control in a remote helper task. Results used to guide designs of automatic camera control systems.

 

Look! - Using the Gaze Direction of Embodied Agents

Johann Schrammel
Arjan Geven
Reinhard Sefelin
Manfred Tscheligi

Experiments investigating whether users can detect an agent’s line of sight and whether the agent’s gaze patterns support users in performing different tasks. Can assist in developing embodied agents.

 

Museum Guide Robot Based on Sociological Interaction Analysis

Yoshinori Kuno
Kazuhisa Sadazuka
Michie Kawashima
Keiichi Yamazaki
Akiko Yamazaki
Hideaki Kuzuoka

Describes a museum guide robot that turns its head while explaining an exhibit. Shows when to turn the robot’s head for improving the engagement between the human and the robot.