Tele-Actor field test, march 19, 2003 

Flower Power

 

Location Alpha Lab
1169 Etcheverry Hall 
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA, 94720
Date March 19, 2003, from 6.00 to 7.00 pm
 
Scenario summary

Real flowers were selected and arranged in a vase by the Tele-Actor under the guidance of online participants.
The users were asked to express their feelings on the conflict in Irak.

Contact person
in the field
- Matthieu Metz
- E-Mail: mmetz@ieor.berkeley.edu
- Function: IEOR graduate student
Participant info

- Total number of users: 15
- This trip was a test trial to test the new voting clustering system, and to test the viability of a field test with a fixed camera. 
 

User breakdown

 

Type of user

Age group

Nbr

Location

Connecto speed

Alpha lab members

22 - 28

8

UCB

T1

Art or design professors

30 - 40

3

2UC,  1Brazil

T1

Design professional

30 - 40

1

n.a.

T1

Grad students

22 - 28

3

UCs, Stanford

unknown


Lessons learned


- Limit duration of each event to about 30 mn.
- Have users vote on one object, not go from one place to the other (not captured by our clustering system)
 

Example images  Click here to see some images that were taken during the event!

 

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