Tele-Guidance System to Support Anticipation during Communication

• Main Authors: Takuya Yamamoto, Mai Otsuki, Hideaki Kuzuoka, Yusuke Suzuki
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2018-09-01
• Series: Multimodal Technologies and Interaction
• Subjects: computer-supported cooperative work; tele-guidance system; anticipation; augmented reality
• Online Access: http://www.mdpi.com/2414-4088/2/3/55

Tele-guidance systems for the remote monitoring and maintenance of equipment have been extensively investigated. Such systems enable a remote helper to provide guidance to a local worker while perceiving local conditions. In this study, we propose a tele-guidance system that supports the anticipation of an interlocutor’s actions during communication. Our proposed system enables a helper and worker to anticipate each other’s actions by allowing them to move around in the workspace freely and observe each other’s non-verbal cues (e.g., body motions and other gestures) through a head-mounted display. We conducted an experiment to compare the effectiveness of our proposed method with that of existing methods (a simple tele-pointer) that support anticipation during communication.