Collaboration Tools.

Properties of IT-tools for collaboration.

Communication channels properties. File formats.

Resumé

• the user environment (new properties, virtual collaboration rooms and work spaces, impact on work and organsiation)
• underlying IT available, affordable, and (de-facto) standardized today. Expected future IT and how it may influence collaboration and knowledge transfer.

References

• Christiansson P, 2001, "Experiences from Using Internet Based Collaboration Tools". 'Konference om Arkitekturforskning og IT'. Proceedings Conference on Architectural Research and Information Technology. Nordic Association for Architectural Research. Arkitektskolen i Aarhus 27.-29. april 2001. (pp. 103-112).
  KEYWORDS: Virtual reality, collaborative work, ICT tools, design, intelligent buildings, knowledge transfer.
  
  
• Collaborative Mixed Reality Mark Billinghurst, Hirokazu Kato Human Interface Technology Laboratory. University of Washington http://www.hitl.washington.edu/publications/r-98-36/ (local)
  
  
• Svidt K, Bjerg B, 2002: "Visualisation of CFD Results in a Virtual Reality Environment". Proceedings of ROOMVENT 2002, 8th International Conference on Air Distribution in Rooms, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2002 pp 77 - 80.
  KEYWORDS: CFD, Virtual Reality, Immersive Environment, Visualisation

Further reading

• Modin J, 1995, "COOCOM. New ways of using Information Technology for buildings design and management". KBS-Media Lab. Lund University. (29 pp.) http://it.civil.auc.dk/it/reports/coocom1_6_1995.pdf
• Svidt K., Bjerg B., Dorf Nielsen T.,2001, "Initial studies on Virtual Reality Visualization of 3D airflow in ventilated livestock buildings". AVR II & CONVR 2001. Conference on Applied Virtual Reality in Engineering & Construction Applications of Virtual Reality. (eds: O. Tullberg, N. Dawood, M. Connell. 201 pp.) Gothenburg October 4-5, 2001. (pp. 176-181).
• AMBIENTE division of the Fraunhofer-IPSI research isntitute. http://www.ipsi.fraunhofer.de/ambiente/english/index.html (Roomware, I-land, etc.)
• Projekt Arthur. Frauenhofer/AAU...http://www.fit.fraunhofer.de/projekte/arthur/
• Telecollaboration Research. Brown University. http://www.cs.brown.edu/stc/resea/telecollaboration/overview_telecollaboration.html
• Altaf A, 2002, "Overview of Tele-Immersion". National Tele-Immersion Initiative. Universität des Saarlands. http://w5.cs.uni-sb.de/~butz/teaching/ie-ss03/papers/TeleImmersion/ (local)
• Forksningsnettet. http://www.forskningsnettet.dk/.
  Dialogværktøj. http://www.forskningsnettet.dk/paedvaerktoej
  Teknik og udstyr. http://www.forskningsnettet.dk/teknik
  Pædagogiske muligheder. http://www.forskningsnettet.dk/videommuligh

Questions (examples):

• Give examples on some IT based collaboration tools. Comment on their properties and when they can be used.
• Sketch on a mixed reality distributed environment for design review of an alternative building solutions. Which are the pros and cons?