The Impact of Gaze Cues in Mixed Reality Collaborations

Abstract

Gaze is one of the most important communication cues in performing physical tasks in both face-to-face and remote collaboration. Dynamic gaze information can indicate the user’s intention, focus, and current attention while visualising this information can often compensate for other communication channels that are not always readily available. Previous studies have shown that sharing and understanding another person’s gaze cues can benefit mutual awareness and task coordination in traditional 2D displays. However, researchers have not fully explored the impact of the virtual representations of gaze cues using Mixed Reality technologies. In this doctoral consortium presentation, I will present eyemR-Vis, a 360 panoramic Mixed Reality (MR) remote collaboration system that shares gaze behavioural visualisations between a local worker and a remote collaborator. In the paper I discuss the PhD research motivation, background material, recently published study results, and plans for future work.