Evaluation of interaction metaphors for collaborative work distant immersive sites

2009

The design of the virtual environment (VE) has to take into account several factors including the input and output devices, the design of the interaction metaphor or the application domain. In addition to these considerations, the design of a collaborative virtual environment (CVE) needs to take into account the collaborative aspect of the interaction metaphor. In one hand, the interaction metaphor has to be designed for the best possible task performance. In the other hand, the influence of the interaction metaphor on the user's experience (in terms of psychological and social aspects) constitutes an important research question. To address this research question, two experimental studies h…