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Development of a Virtual Presence Sharing System Using a Telework Chair

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Progress in Robotics (FIRA 2009)

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There has been much discussion on remote communication support for a telework that will enable employees to work at remote offices. We have already developed a remote communication support system via embodied avatars based on users’ behaviors. However, there are various problems associated with an avatar-mediated interaction, particularly with regard to the relation between users and their avatars. In this study, we propose the concept of a presence sharing system Ghatcha [GHost Avatar on a Telework CHAir] in which the users’ embodiment is not indicated by the avatars but by the chairs that suggest the presence of avatars. This system provides the same communication space for the users’ embodiment, thus creating a feeling of working alongside remote workers. Moreover, the effectiveness of the prototype system is confirmed in the experiment.

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  1. Information Science and Technology Center, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe, Hyogo, 657-8501, Japan

    Yutaka Ishii

  2. Faculty of Computer Science and System Engineering, Okayama Prefectural University, 111 Kuboki, Soja, Okayama, 719-1197, Japan

    Tomio Watanabe

  3. CREST of Japan Science and Technology Agency, Japan

    Tomio Watanabe

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  1. Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, South Korea

    Jong-Hwan Kim

  2. National University of Singapore, 117576, Singapore

    Shuzhi Sam Ge

  3. National University of Singapore, Singapore

    Prahlad Vadakkepat , Abdullah Al Manum  & Ryohei Nakatsu ,  & 

  4. Technische Universität Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany

    Norbert Jesse

  5. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 3, P.O. Box, 117576, Singapore

    Sadasivan Puthusserypady K

  6. Heinz Nixdorf Institute, System and Circuit Technology, University of Paderborn, Fuerstenallee 11, 33102, Paderborn, Germany

    Ulrich Rückert

  7. School of Software Engineering and Data Communications, Queensland University of Technology, P.O. Box, Brisbane, Australia

    Joaquin Sitte

  8. Heinz Nixdorf Institute, University of Paderborn, Paderborn, Germany

    Ulf Witkowski

  9. The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia

    Thomas Braunl

  10. Department of Computer Science, University of Manitoba, P.O. Box, R3T 2N2, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

    Jacky Baltes  & John Anderson  & 

  11. Tamkang University, Taipei, Taiwan

    Ching-Chang Wong

  12. Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Dept. of Education in Technology & Science, 32000, Haifa, Israel

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  13. Trinity College, Hartford, CT, USA

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Ishii, Y., Watanabe, T. (2009). Development of a Virtual Presence Sharing System Using a Telework Chair. In: Kim, JH., et al. Progress in Robotics. FIRA 2009. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 44. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03986-7_20

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