Exploring Needs and Design Opportunities for Proactive Information Support in In-Person Small-Group Conversations

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Autores principales: Zhou, Shaoze, Rodriguez, Diana Nelly Rivera, Remior, Pedro, Frangi, Joaquin, Li, Lingyao, Ma, Renkai, Johnson, Janet G., Lisetti, Christine, Chen, Chen
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author Zhou, Shaoze
Rodriguez, Diana Nelly Rivera
Remior, Pedro
Frangi, Joaquin
Li, Lingyao
Ma, Renkai
Johnson, Janet G.
Lisetti, Christine
Chen, Chen
author_facet Zhou, Shaoze
Rodriguez, Diana Nelly Rivera
Remior, Pedro
Frangi, Joaquin
Li, Lingyao
Ma, Renkai
Johnson, Janet G.
Lisetti, Christine
Chen, Chen
contents In-person small-group conversations play a crucial role in everyday life; however, facilitating effective group interaction can be challenging, as the real-time nature demands full attention, offers no opportunity for revision, and requires interpreting non-verbal cues. Using Mixed Reality to provide proactive information support shows promise in helping individuals engage in and contribute to group conversations. We present a preliminary participatory design and qualitative study (N = 10) using focus groups and two technology probes to explore the opportunities of designing proactive information support in in-person small-group conversations. We reveal key design opportunities concerning how to maximize the benefits of proactive information support and how to effectively design such supporting information. Our study is crucial for paving the way toward designing future proactive AI agents to enable the paradigm of augmented in-person small-group conversation experience.
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spellingShingle Exploring Needs and Design Opportunities for Proactive Information Support in In-Person Small-Group Conversations
Zhou, Shaoze
Rodriguez, Diana Nelly Rivera
Remior, Pedro
Frangi, Joaquin
Li, Lingyao
Ma, Renkai
Johnson, Janet G.
Lisetti, Christine
Chen, Chen
Human-Computer Interaction
J.4; K.4.3
In-person small-group conversations play a crucial role in everyday life; however, facilitating effective group interaction can be challenging, as the real-time nature demands full attention, offers no opportunity for revision, and requires interpreting non-verbal cues. Using Mixed Reality to provide proactive information support shows promise in helping individuals engage in and contribute to group conversations. We present a preliminary participatory design and qualitative study (N = 10) using focus groups and two technology probes to explore the opportunities of designing proactive information support in in-person small-group conversations. We reveal key design opportunities concerning how to maximize the benefits of proactive information support and how to effectively design such supporting information. Our study is crucial for paving the way toward designing future proactive AI agents to enable the paradigm of augmented in-person small-group conversation experience.
title Exploring Needs and Design Opportunities for Proactive Information Support in In-Person Small-Group Conversations
topic Human-Computer Interaction
J.4; K.4.3
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.17240