Connecting living rooms: An experiment in orchestrated social video communication

TY - GEN

T1 - Connecting living rooms

T2 - 3rd ACM International Conference on Interactive Experiences for TV and Online Video, TVX 2016

AU - Falelakis, Manolis

AU - Ursu, Marian F.

AU - Geelhoed, Erik

AU - Kaiser, Rene

AU - Frantzis, Michael

PY - 2016/6/17

Y1 - 2016/6/17

N2 - Consumer live video communication has now become an established communication medium, but the current systems are still quite limited in their ability to support natural communication in more complex interaction setups. What new features might be required to further expand live video communication? This paper suggests: "orchestration" - i.e. the ability to automatically and in real-time (re)configure the communication system to the needs of the interaction context. The inspiration for communication orchestration is television production through mixing views from different cameras and camera reframing. This paper reports a specific study of orchestration carried out in the social setting of a group of friends communicating from three separate living rooms through television screens and multiple cameras. The orchestrated experience was evaluated against a static (split screen) connection, and was carried out via a questionnaire, analysis of automatic logs and interviews. In this case study, orchestration has been identified as providing for more intimate conversations, whereas, the static solution emerged to be better for conveying group awareness.

AB - Consumer live video communication has now become an established communication medium, but the current systems are still quite limited in their ability to support natural communication in more complex interaction setups. What new features might be required to further expand live video communication? This paper suggests: "orchestration" - i.e. the ability to automatically and in real-time (re)configure the communication system to the needs of the interaction context. The inspiration for communication orchestration is television production through mixing views from different cameras and camera reframing. This paper reports a specific study of orchestration carried out in the social setting of a group of friends communicating from three separate living rooms through television screens and multiple cameras. The orchestrated experience was evaluated against a static (split screen) connection, and was carried out via a questionnaire, analysis of automatic logs and interviews. In this case study, orchestration has been identified as providing for more intimate conversations, whereas, the static solution emerged to be better for conveying group awareness.

KW - Communication orchestration

KW - Group

KW - Group communication

KW - Live

KW - Mediated communication

KW - Telepresence

KW - Video

KW - Videoconferencing

KW - Virtual director

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84979987562&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1145/2932206.2932215

DO - 10.1145/2932206.2932215

M3 - Conference contribution

AN - SCOPUS:84979987562

SN - 9781450340670

SP - 49

EP - 58

BT - TVX 2016 - Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Interactive Experiences for TV and Online Video

PB - ACM

Y2 - 22 June 2016 through 24 June 2016

ER -