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标题：Non-verbal Aspects of Collaboration in Virtual Worlds: a CSCW Taxonomy-development Proposal Integrating the Presence Dimension
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作者：Armando Cruz ; Hugo Paredes ; Leonel Morgado 等
期刊名称：Journal of Universal Computer Science
印刷版ISSN：0948-6968
出版年度：2021
卷号：27
期号：9
页码：913-954
DOI：10.3897/jucs.74166
语种：English
出版社：Graz University of Technology and Know-Center
摘要：Virtual worlds, particularly those able to provide a three-dimensional physical space, have features that make them suitable to support collaborative activities. These features distinguish virtual worlds from other collaboration tools, but current taxonomies of the field of Computer-Supported Cooperative Work do not account for several distinctive features of virtual worlds, namely those related with non-verbal communication. We intended to find out how the use of an avatar, gestures, spatial sounds, etc., influence collaboration in order to be able to include non-verbal communication in taxonomies of the field Computer-Supported Cooperative Work. Several cases of collaboration in virtual worlds are analysed, to find the impact of these non-verbal characteristics of virtual worlds. We proposed adding the concept of Presence to taxonomies of Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and contribute with guidance for future taxonomy development that includes it as a new dimension. This new dimension of Presence is subdivided into amp;quot;avataramp;quot; and amp;quot;physical spaceamp;quot; subdimensions. In turn, these are divided into amp;quot;physical appearanceamp;quot;, amp;quot;gestures, sounds and animationsamp;quot; and amp;quot;focus, nimbus and auraamp;quot;; amp;quot;environmentamp;quot; and amp;quot;objects / artefactsamp;quot;. This new taxonomy-development proposal may contribute to inform better design of virtual worlds in support of cooperative work.