{"id":674301,"date":"2020-07-10T15:47:06","date_gmt":"2020-07-10T22:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/?post_type=msr-research-item&#038;p=674301"},"modified":"2023-02-14T14:50:30","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T22:50:30","slug":"facilitating-team-awareness-through-ambient-displays","status":"publish","type":"msr-research-item","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/publication\/facilitating-team-awareness-through-ambient-displays\/","title":{"rendered":"Facilitating Team Awareness Through Ambient Displays"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>ABSTRACT<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, research is increasingly conducted remotely without the benefit of informal interactions that help maintain awareness of each collaborator\u2019s work progress. We developed AmbiTeam, an ambient display that shows activity related to the files of a team project, to help collaborations preserve a sense of the team\u2019s involvement while working remotely. We found that using AmbiTeam did have a quantifiable effect on researchers\u2019 perceptions of their collaborators\u2019 project prioritization. We also found that the use of the system motivated researchers to work on their collaborative projects. This effect is known as \u201cthe motivational presences of others,\u201d one of the key challenges that make distance work difficult. We discuss how ambient displays can support remote collaborative work by recreating the motivational presence of others.<\/p>\n<h3>Keywords<\/h3>\n<p>collaboration, remote work, awareness, ambient display<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Facilitating Team Awareness Through Ambient Displays\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/IQGHONro2L8?feature=oembed&rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>ABOUT THE AUTHOR\/S<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sarah Morrison-Smith<\/strong><br \/>\nBarnard College<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:smorriso@barnard.edu\">smorriso@barnard.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lydia B. Chilton<\/strong><br \/>\nColumbia University<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:chilton@cs.columbia.edu\">chilton@cs.columbia.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jaime Ruiz<\/strong><br \/>\nUniversity of Florida<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:jaime.ruiz@ufl.edu\">jaime.ruiz@ufl.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p><small><em>New Future of Work \u201920, August 3\u20135, 2020<\/em><br \/>\n\u00a9 2020 Copyright held by the owner\/author(s).<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABSTRACT Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, research is increasingly conducted remotely without the benefit of informal interactions that help maintain awareness of each collaborator\u2019s work progress. 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