Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2009, Volume 5727/2009, 165-168, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-03658-3_22

GColl: A Flexible Videoconferencing Environment for Group-to-Group Interaction

Petr Slovák, Pavel Troubil and Petr Holub

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Abstract

In this paper, we present GColl, a group-to-group videoconferencing environment concept, which aims to provide a natural communication channel even for ad-hoc groups or other teams that require frequent changes in the number of participants or videoconferencing locations. GColl supports mutual gaze as well as partial gaze awareness for all participants while still retaining very modest technical requirements: a camera and an echo-canceling microphone at each site; and a notebook with two USB cameras for each user. A working prototype is available for download.

Keywords  Videoconferencing - CMC - Gaze Awareness - Mutual Gaze - Partial Gaze Awareness - Mixed Presence - Presence Disparity

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