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A Survey of Computer-Supported Remote Collaboration on Physical Objects

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The need for remote collaborative work is constantly increasing. Collaboratively adapting digital content, such as documents and images, has come to a stage where it is part of our daily lives. In comparison, remote collaboration on physical objects has matured at a slower pace, even though this is a possible step towards location-independent cooperation and therefore equality in work. In this paper, we present a structured literature review on computer-supported remote collaboration on physical objects from the last 23 years. Our contribution is threefold: First, we provide a comprehensive analysis of the current state of research on the topic of remote collaboration on physical objects. Second, we identify multiple research gaps, such as inclusion of haptic sense, mutual collaboration, and asynchronous collaboration. Third, we analyze code relationships in the selected publications and provide directions for future work in the form of exploratory research questions.

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Letter, M., George, C., Wolf, K. (2023). A Survey of Computer-Supported Remote Collaboration on Physical Objects. In: Abdelnour Nocera, J., Kristín Lárusdóttir, M., Petrie, H., Piccinno, A., Winckler, M. (eds) Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2023. INTERACT 2023. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 14144. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42286-7_19

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