IEEEVR2020: Exploring the First Steps Toward Standalone Virtual Conferences
The global COVID-19 pandemic forced all large in-person events to pivot to virtual or online platforms. IEEEVR2020 coincided with rising concerns and restrictions on travel and large gatherings, becoming one of the first academic conferences to rapidly adapt its programming to a completely virtual f...
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| description | The global COVID-19 pandemic forced all large in-person events to pivot to virtual or online platforms. IEEEVR2020 coincided with rising concerns and restrictions on travel and large gatherings, becoming one of the first academic conferences to rapidly adapt its programming to a completely virtual format. The global pandemic provided an impetus to re-examine the possibility of holding social interactions in virtual worlds. This article aims to: (1) revisit the issues of virtual conferences noted in earlier studies, focusing specifically on academic conferences, (2) introduce new survey and observational data from the recent IEEEVR2020 conference, and (3) present insights and future directions for virtual conferences during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Findings from a field observation during the conference and a post-conference survey point to complex relationships among users, media platforms selected, and social constraints during the virtual conference. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-70c817dd1b29411fb29495f627c258922022-12-21T21:58:00ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Virtual Reality2673-41922021-04-01210.3389/frvir.2021.648575648575IEEEVR2020: Exploring the First Steps Toward Standalone Virtual ConferencesSun Joo (Grace) Ahn0Laura Levy1Allison Eden2Andrea Stevenson Won3Blair MacIntyre4Kyle Johnsen5Grady College of Journalism & Mass Communication, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United StatesGeorgia Institute of Technology, Interactive Media Technology Center, Atlanta, GA, United StatesDepartment of Communication, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United StatesDepartment of Communication, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United StatesCollege of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, United StatesSchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United StatesThe global COVID-19 pandemic forced all large in-person events to pivot to virtual or online platforms. IEEEVR2020 coincided with rising concerns and restrictions on travel and large gatherings, becoming one of the first academic conferences to rapidly adapt its programming to a completely virtual format. The global pandemic provided an impetus to re-examine the possibility of holding social interactions in virtual worlds. This article aims to: (1) revisit the issues of virtual conferences noted in earlier studies, focusing specifically on academic conferences, (2) introduce new survey and observational data from the recent IEEEVR2020 conference, and (3) present insights and future directions for virtual conferences during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Findings from a field observation during the conference and a post-conference survey point to complex relationships among users, media platforms selected, and social constraints during the virtual conference.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frvir.2021.648575/fullsocial VRconferencesmedia appropriatenesssocial presenceavatarsvirtual reality |
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| title | IEEEVR2020: Exploring the First Steps Toward Standalone Virtual Conferences |
| title_full | IEEEVR2020: Exploring the First Steps Toward Standalone Virtual Conferences |
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| title_full_unstemmed | IEEEVR2020: Exploring the First Steps Toward Standalone Virtual Conferences |
| title_short | IEEEVR2020: Exploring the First Steps Toward Standalone Virtual Conferences |
| title_sort | ieeevr2020 exploring the first steps toward standalone virtual conferences |
| topic | social VR conferences media appropriateness social presence avatars virtual reality |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frvir.2021.648575/full |
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