A “beyond being there” for VR meetings: envisioning the future of remote work

McVeigh-Schultz, Joshua; Isbister, Katherine

doi:10.1080/07370024.2021.1994860

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“…To exploit the advantages of interpersonal interactions in VR, we emphasize that the meeting purpose must benefit from high social presence, e.g., with team building or socializing goals. Not every format should be directly replicated virtually, as previous research supports ( McVeigh-Schultz and Isbister, 2021b).…”

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Seeing the faces is so important—Experiences from online team meetings on commercial virtual reality platforms

Bonfert

Reinschluessel²,

Putze³

et al. 2023

Front. Virtual Real.

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During the COVID-19 pandemic, online meetings became common for daily teamwork in the home office. To understand the opportunities and challenges of meeting in virtual reality (VR) compared to videoconferences, we conducted the weekly team meetings of our human-computer interaction research lab on five off-the-shelf online meeting platforms over 4 months. After each of the 12 meetings, we asked the participants (N = 32) to share their experiences, resulting in 200 completed online questionnaires. We evaluated the ratings of the overall meeting experience and conducted an exploratory factor analysis of the quantitative data to compare VR meetings and video calls in terms of meeting involvement and co-presence. In addition, a thematic analysis of the qualitative data revealed genuine insights covering five themes: spatial aspects, meeting atmosphere, expression of emotions, meeting productivity, and user needs. We reflect on our findings gained under authentic working conditions, derive lessons learned for running successful team meetings in VR supporting different kinds of meeting formats, and discuss the team’s long-term platform choice.

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Section: Lessons Learnedmentioning

confidence: 99%

Seeing the faces is so important—Experiences from online team meetings on commercial virtual reality platforms

Bonfert

Reinschluessel²,

Putze³

et al. 2023

Front. Virtual Real.

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“…While the authors advocate for making use of the unique possibilities of virtual conferencing, they echo related research by advising caution not to transfer the substituted offline event directly to virtual space but to adapt the format and purpose of the event. In this spirit, McVeigh-Schultz and Isbister (2021b) argue for conceiving solutions of VR collaboration that deliberately deviate from direct replication of familiar social encounters. Instead of imitating a face-to-face work environment, the authors promote making use of the full potential of immersive technologies for creating an enriched experience of remote collaboration.…”

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"Seeing the Faces Is So Important" -- Experiences From Online Team Meetings on Commercial Virtual Reality Platforms

Bonfert¹,

Reinschluessel²,

Putze³

et al. 2022

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During the Covid-19 pandemic, online meetings became common for daily teamwork in the home office. To understand the opportunities and challenges of meeting in virtual reality (VR) compared to video conferences, we conducted the weekly team meetings of our human-computer interaction research lab on five off-the-shelf online meeting platforms over four months. After each of the 12 meetings, we asked the participants (N = 32) to share their experiences, resulting in 200 completed online questionnaires. We evaluated the ratings of the overall meeting experience and conducted an exploratory factor analysis of the quantitative data to compare VR meetings and video calls in terms of meeting involvement and co-presence. In addition, a thematic analysis of the qualitative data revealed genuine insights covering five themes: spatial aspects, meeting atmosphere, expression of emotions, meeting productivity, and user needs. We reflect on our findings gained under authentic working conditions, derive lessons learned for running successful team meetings in VR supporting different kinds of meeting formats, and discuss the team's long-term platform choice.

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Rach

2023

Management for Professionals

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A “beyond being there” for VR meetings: envisioning the future of remote work

Cited by 24 publications

References 62 publications

Seeing the faces is so important—Experiences from online team meetings on commercial virtual reality platforms

Seeing the faces is so important—Experiences from online team meetings on commercial virtual reality platforms

"Seeing the Faces Is So Important" -- Experiences From Online Team Meetings on Commercial Virtual Reality Platforms

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