Some advantages of video conferencing over high-quality audio conferencing: Fluency and awareness of attentional focus

International Journal of Human Computer Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-58

  Daly Jones, Owen ^a   Monk, Andrew ^b   Watts, Leon ^b  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE QUALITY; SPEECH TRANSMISSION; VIDEO CONFERENCING; VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING;

NEGOTIATION TASKS;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 0032117924     PISSN: 10715819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ijhc.1998.0195     Document Type: Article

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