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Design Reviews in Immersive and Non-Immersive Collaborative Virtual Environments: Comparing Verbal Communication Structures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2022

N. Horvat ,
M. Brnčić ,
M. M. Perišić ,
T. Martinec ,
N. Bojčetić  and
S. Škec
N. Horvat*
Affiliation:
University of Zagreb, Croatia
M. Brnčić
Affiliation:
University of Zagreb, Croatia
M. M. Perišić
Affiliation:
University of Zagreb, Croatia
T. Martinec
Affiliation:
University of Zagreb, Croatia
N. Bojčetić
Affiliation:
University of Zagreb, Croatia
S. Škec
Affiliation:
University of Zagreb, Croatia
*
horvatn@fsb.hr

Abstract

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The paper explores the differences between immersive and non-immersive collaborative virtual environments (CVEs) during design reviews. Based on ten reviews with one designer and two reviewers, the study shows that CVEs affect verbal communication structure. More specifically, teams usually talked less, and reviewers exchanged significantly more turn sequences in immersive than in non-immersive CVEs. Regardless of the environment, most turn sequences were related to the designer, who usually talked the most. These findings contribute to the understanding of CVEs in virtual teams.

Keywords

collaborative designvirtual reality (VR)design reviewverbal communication structurevirtual teams
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Proceedings of the Design Society , Volume 2: DESIGN2022 , May 2022 , pp. 211 - 220
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