PSCVR: Physiological Sensing in Collaborative Virtual Reality.

In a collaborative environment where more than a single user need to complete a task together, being able to understand each other's emotional status is essential for a successful outcome. This is especially evident in remote collaboration tasks where the physical distance may create a lack of understanding, empathy, and comprehension between the partners. Typical remote collaboration systems share less information than that can be communicated in a physical interaction, which makes supporting awareness very challenging. Our proposed visual representation allows users to infer emotional patterns from physiological data, which could impact their communication style towards a more forceful or inactive and calm association. We investigate the potential effects of the proposed visual representation to support empathetic communication during remote collaboration, as well as the design guidelines for building such systems.