Tele-Immersive Improv: Effects of Immersive Visualisations on Rehearsing and Performing Theatre Online

Boyd Branch; Christos  Efstratiou; Piotr Mirowski; Kory W.  Mathewson; Paul Allain

doi:10.1145/3411764.3445310

Tele-Immersive Improv: Effects of Immersive Visualisations on Rehearsing and Performing Theatre Online

Boyd Branch, Christos Efstratiou, Piotr Mirowski, Kory W. Mathewson, Paul Allain

University of Kent

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding › peer-review

7 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Performers acutely need but lack tools to remotely rehearse and create live theatre, particularly due to global restrictions on social interactions during the Covid-19 pandemic. No studies, however, have heretofore examined how remote video-collaboration affects performance. This paper presents the findings of a field study with 16 domain experts over six weeks investigating how tele-immersion affects the rehearsal and performance of improvisational theatre. To conduct the study, an original media server was developed for co-locating remote performers into shared virtual 3D environments which were accessed through popular video conferencing software. The results of this qualitative study indicate that tele-immersive environments uniquely provide performers with a strong sense of co- presence, feelings of physical connection, and an increased ability to enter the social-flow states required for improvisational theatre. Based on our observations, we put forward design recommendations for video collaboration tools tailored to the unique demands of live performance.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Subtitle of host publication	Making Waves, Combining Strengths
Publisher	ACM
Number of pages	13
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450380966
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4503-8096-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3411764.3445310
Publication status	Published - 6 May 2021
Externally published	Yes
Event	CHI 2021 - Virtual, Japan Duration: 8 May 2021 → 13 May 2021 https://chi2021.acm.org/

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Conference

Conference	CHI 2021
Country/Territory	Japan
Period	8/05/21 → 13/05/21
Internet address	https://chi2021.acm.org/

Keywords

Creativity
Immersive communication
Improvisation
Mixed reality
Presence
Tele-immersion
Tele-presence

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Human-Computer Interaction
Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
Software

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Branch, B., Efstratiou, C., Mirowski, P., Mathewson, K. W., & Allain , P. (2021). Tele-Immersive Improv: Effects of Immersive Visualisations on Rehearsing and Performing Theatre Online. In Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Making Waves, Combining Strengths (Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems). ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3411764.3445310

Tele-Immersive Improv: Effects of Immersive Visualisations on Rehearsing and Performing Theatre Online. / Branch, Boyd; Efstratiou, Christos ; Mirowski, Piotr et al.
Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Making Waves, Combining Strengths. ACM, 2021. (Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding › peer-review

Branch, B, Efstratiou, C, Mirowski, P, Mathewson, KW & Allain , P 2021, Tele-Immersive Improv: Effects of Immersive Visualisations on Rehearsing and Performing Theatre Online. in Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Making Waves, Combining Strengths. Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, ACM, CHI 2021, Japan, 8/05/21. https://doi.org/10.1145/3411764.3445310

Branch B, Efstratiou C, Mirowski P, Mathewson KW, Allain P. Tele-Immersive Improv: Effects of Immersive Visualisations on Rehearsing and Performing Theatre Online. In Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Making Waves, Combining Strengths. ACM. 2021. (Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems). doi: 10.1145/3411764.3445310

Branch, Boyd ; Efstratiou, Christos ; Mirowski, Piotr et al. / Tele-Immersive Improv : Effects of Immersive Visualisations on Rehearsing and Performing Theatre Online. Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Making Waves, Combining Strengths. ACM, 2021. (Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems).

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