Exploring Collaboration in a Blended Reality System: A User-Perspective Study

Asmal, Adil; Large, David; Harvey, Catherine; Burnett, Gary

Abstract

The development of eXtended Reality (XR) technologies has led to an increase in the use of virtual spaces to help support collaboration. However, collaboration between physical and virtual environments is often considered solely with respect to how successfully the XR technology has been used to integrate virtual and physical worlds. In contrast, this study explored how participants collaborated within a Blended Reality (BR) system, with the overall aim of identifying the benefits and challenges associated with BR systems during group collaboration. Analysis of interview and video observations highlighted various beneficial affordances and considerations associated with different elements of the BR system. There were benefits associated with the physical, virtual and blended space as well as considerations relating to the task design and system design. Further work should seek to determine how to design BR spaces to better suit the collaborative context.

Citation

Asmal, A., Large, D., Harvey, C., & Burnett, G. (2025, May). Exploring Collaboration in a Blended Reality System: A User-Perspective Study. Presented at 28th International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design, Compiègne, France

• Presentation Conference Type: Edited Proceedings
• Conference Name: 28th International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design
• Start Date: May 5, 2025
• End Date: May 7, 2025
• Acceptance Date: Mar 24, 2025
• Online Publication Date: Jun 23, 2025
• Publication Date: May 8, 2025
• Deposit Date: Mar 27, 2025
• Publicly Available Date: May 8, 2025
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Book Title: Proceedings of the 2025 28 th International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design (CSCWD)
• ISBN: 9798331513054
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/CSCWD64889.2025.11033343
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/45852297
• Publisher URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11033343
• Related Public URLs: https://r8.ieee.org/france-smc/2024/09/10/ieee-cscwd-2025-ieee-28th-international-conference-on-computersupported-cooperative-work-in-design/
• External URL: https://r8.ieee.org/france-smc/2024/09/10/ieee-cscwd-2025-ieee-28th-international-conference-on-computersupported-cooperative-work-in-design/