Experimental enquiry into automatically orchestrated live video communication in social settings

TY - GEN

T1 - Experimental enquiry into automatically orchestrated live video communication in social settings

AU - Ursu, Marian F.

AU - Falelakis, Manolis

AU - Groen, Martin

AU - Kaiser, Rene

AU - Frantzis, Michael

PY - 2015/6/3

Y1 - 2015/6/3

N2 - 'Orchestration' refers to the ability of a live video communication system to adapt in real-time to the communication context with a view to enhance the quality of mediation and subsequently the quality of interaction between participants. For example, this can be done by reframing the cameras and changing the way in which the video content is mixed on each screen. To be a feasible solution, orchestration has to be an automatic process. This paper reports a study of orchestration carried out in the social setting of a group of friends playing social games from two separate living rooms. The quality of the communication was assessed via two measures: one objective, in the form of task efficiency, and one subjective, in the form of a questionnaire. The objective measure indicated that mediated communication can be improved through orchestration, but the subjective measure was inconclusive. The paper also uncovers some of the complexities of the experimental space associated with orchestrated mediated communication and aims to provide motivation for further research into this new communication paradigm.

AB - 'Orchestration' refers to the ability of a live video communication system to adapt in real-time to the communication context with a view to enhance the quality of mediation and subsequently the quality of interaction between participants. For example, this can be done by reframing the cameras and changing the way in which the video content is mixed on each screen. To be a feasible solution, orchestration has to be an automatic process. This paper reports a study of orchestration carried out in the social setting of a group of friends playing social games from two separate living rooms. The quality of the communication was assessed via two measures: one objective, in the form of task efficiency, and one subjective, in the form of a questionnaire. The objective measure indicated that mediated communication can be improved through orchestration, but the subjective measure was inconclusive. The paper also uncovers some of the complexities of the experimental space associated with orchestrated mediated communication and aims to provide motivation for further research into this new communication paradigm.

KW - Communication

KW - Group

KW - Group communication

KW - Interaction

KW - Live

KW - Mediated communication

KW - Orchestration

KW - Telepresence

KW - Television

KW - Video

KW - Videoconferencing

KW - Virtual director

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84960843666&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1145/2745197.2745211

DO - 10.1145/2745197.2745211

M3 - Conference contribution

AN - SCOPUS:84960843666

SN - 9781450335263

SP - 63

EP - 72

BT - TVX 2015 - Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Interactive Experiences for TV and Online Video

PB - ACM

T2 - 2nd ACM International Conference on Interactive Experiences for TV and Online Video, TVX 2015

Y2 - 3 June 2015 through 5 June 2015

ER -