Short Paper: Study of Synchronous and Colocated Collaboration for Search Tasks
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Nowadays, Collaborative Virtual Environments offer new working methods allowing for the association of several experts in the same problem-solving process. These new platforms have the potential to improve the processing of complex environments with large dataflow and requiring different skills. This article proposes the investigation of a synchronous and colocated approach for a molecular design task. The aim of this research is to highlight the role and the contribution of Collaborative Virtual Environments for the improvement of complex tasks fulfillment.
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Current Web search tools, such as browsers and search engine sites, are designed for a single user, working alone. However, users frequently need to collaborate on information-finding tasks; for example, students often work together in groups on homework assignments. To address this need, we have prototyped and evaluated several collaborative web search tools (S 3 , SearchTogether, and CoSearch...
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