HybridMingler: Towards Mixed-Reality Support for Mingling at Hybrid Conferences

Mingling, the activity of ad-hoc, private, opportunistic conversations ahead of, during, or after breaks, is an important socializing activity for attendees at scheduled events, such as in-person conferences. The Covid-19 pandemic had a dramatic impact on the way conferences are organized, so that most of them now take place in a hybrid mode where people can either attend on-site or remotely. While on-site attendees can resume in-person mingling, hybrid modes make it challenging for remote attendees to mingle with on-site peers. In addressing this problem, we propose a collaborative mixed-reality (MR) concept, including a prototype, called HybridMingler. This is a distributed MR system supporting ambient awareness and allowing both on-site and remote conference attendees to virtually mingle. HybridMingler aims to provide both on-site and remote attendees with a spatial sense of co-location in the very same venue location, thus ultimately improving perceived presence.

Ly, Duy NamVietnam National University (author)
Nguyen, Hoang LongVietnam National University (author)
Le, Quang TriVietnam National University (author)
Fjeld, Morten,1965Universitetet i Bergen,University of Bergen,Chalmers tekniska högskola,Chalmers University of Technology(Swepub:cth)fjeld (author)
Tran, M.-T.Vietnam National University (author)
Vietnam National UniversityUniversitetet i Bergen (creator_code:org_t)

By the author/editor: Le, Khanh Duy; Ly, Duy Nam; Nguyen, Hoang Lo ...; Le, Quang Tri; Fjeld, Morten, 1 ...; Tran, M.-T.

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