Architecture and Design for Virtual Conferences: A Case Study

Andrew Sempere
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Andrew Sempere: Collaborative User Experience Group, Center for Social Software, IBM Watson Research, 1 Rogers Street, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA

Future Internet, 2011, vol. 3, issue 3, 1-10

Abstract: This paper presents a case study of the design issues facing a large multi-format virtual conference. The conference took place twice in two different years, each time using an avatar-based 3D world with spatialized audio including keynote, poster and social sessions. Between year 1 and 2, major adjustments were made to the architecture and design of the space, leading to improvement in the nature of interaction between the participants. While virtual meetings will likely never supplant the effectiveness of face-to-face meetings, this paper seeks to outline a few design principles learned from this experience, which can be applied generally to make computer mediated collaboration more effective.

Keywords: design; collaboration; virtual architecture; spatialized audio; synchronous interaction; virtual environment; Second Life (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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