Abstract
Mixed reality boundaries establish transparent windows between physical and virtual spaces. We introduce a set of properties that allow such boundaries to be configured to support different styles of co-operative activity. These properties are grouped into three categories: permeability (properties of visibility, audibility and solidity); situation (properties of location, alignment, mobility and segmentation); and dynamics (properties of lifetime and configurability). We discuss how each of these properties can be technically realised. We also introduce the meta-properties of symmetry and representation. We then describe and compare two contrasting demonstrations, a performance and an office-door, that rely on different property configurations.
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Koleva, B., Benford, S., Greenhalgh, C. (1999). The Properties of Mixed Reality Boundaries. In: Bødker, S., Kyng, M., Schmidt, K. (eds) ECSCW ’99. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4441-4_7
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