Thunderwire

Debby Hindus, Mark S. Ackerman, Scott Mainwaring, Brian Starr
1996 Proceedings of the 1996 ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work - CSCW '96  
To explore the potential of using audio by itself in a shared media system, we studied a workgroup using an audio-only media space. This media space, called Thunderwire, combined high-quality audio with open connections to create a shared space for its users. The two-month field study provided a richly nuanced understanding of this audio space's social use. The system afforded rich sociable interactions, Indeed, within the field study, audio by itself afforded a telepresent environment for its
more » ... sers. However while a usable media space and a useful social space, Thunderwire required its users to adapt to many audio-only conditions.
doi:10.1145/240080.240262 dblp:conf/cscw/HindusAMS96 fatcat:clgset3b4bfabnolic26yd2qwi