Mobility in collaboration
Published 1 November 1998
Paul Luff, Christian Heath
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It is suggested that taking mobility seriously may not only contribute to the understanding of current support for collaboration, but raise more general issues concerning the requirements for mobile and other technologies.
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This paper addresses an issue that has received little attention within CSCW- the requirements to support mobility within collaboration activities. By examining three quite different settings each with differing technological support, we examine the ways in which mobility is critical to collaborative work. We suggest that taking mobility seriously, may not only contribute our understanding of current support for collaboration, but raise more general issues concerning the requirements for mobile and other technologies. Keywords mobile communications, augmented reality, object-centred interaction
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