Showing, Telling, and Collaborating: Investigating the Relative Benefits of Videoconferencing and Different Augmented Reality Embodiments for Remote Meetings

James J. Cummings, Erin W. Wertz

2025

Abstract

In the face of ”videoconferencing fatigue”, augmented reality (AR) presents new means for embodiment in remote meetings, including the use of holograms (stereoscopic projections of attendees) and avatars (wholly virtual representations of users). To explore the prospective benefits of these emerging technologies, the current experiment assigned participants to one of three platform conditions (videoconferencing, hologram-based AR, or avatar-based AR) to complete two conversational tasks (unidirectional object presentation and interactive collaboration) during a remote meeting. Task outcomes (knowledge acquisition, partner persuasion) and participant evaluations of remote partners were then measured. Users reported that avatars—and not holograms—were significantly more useful than videoconferencing for object presentations. Further, though platform had no effect on perceived credibility of partners, social presence perceptions significantly differed across conditions. Specifically, the actions and expressions of a holographic partner were more saliently detected than those depicted through avatars and led to a stronger sense of co-location compared to videoconferencing.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Cummings J. and Wertz E. (2025). Showing, Telling, and Collaborating: Investigating the Relative Benefits of Videoconferencing and Different Augmented Reality Embodiments for Remote Meetings. In Proceedings of the 20th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 1: HUCAPP; ISBN 978-989-758-728-3, SciTePress, pages 639-652. DOI: 10.5220/0013317500003912

in Bibtex Style

@conference{hucapp25,
author={James Cummings and Erin Wertz},
title={Showing, Telling, and Collaborating: Investigating the Relative Benefits of Videoconferencing and Different Augmented Reality Embodiments for Remote Meetings},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 20th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 1: HUCAPP},
year={2025},
pages={639-652},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0013317500003912},
isbn={978-989-758-728-3},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 20th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 1: HUCAPP
TI - Showing, Telling, and Collaborating: Investigating the Relative Benefits of Videoconferencing and Different Augmented Reality Embodiments for Remote Meetings
SN - 978-989-758-728-3
AU - Cummings J.
AU - Wertz E.
PY - 2025
SP - 639
EP - 652
DO - 10.5220/0013317500003912
PB - SciTePress