Coordinated behavior between visually coupled dyads

Abstract

We describe how visually coupled people start their synchronized behavior with two visual coupling conditions: view-swapping and view-blending. In the view-swapping condition, two people's views are changed from the first-person perspective so that both see their partner's views. The view-blending condition allows people to see the blended view of both views. We report the results of different coordinated strategies to start synchronization that is observed in different conditions. In terms of the time required to start synchronization, view-swapping outperforms view-blending.