Object Theory presented learnings on developing remote collaboration capabilities including avoiding the uncanny valley and optimizing for HoloLens.

1. DEVELOPING FOR HOLOLENS
Remote Collaboration
with Multiple Avatars

11. Key objectives for avatars

12. Our avatars are business tools

13. 1/ HUMAN

14. 1/ HUMAN
2/ BENEVOLENT

15. 1/ HUMAN
2/ BENEVOLENT
3/ NEUTRAL APPEARANCE

16. 1/ HUMAN
2/ BENEVOLENT
3/ NEUTRAL APPEARANCE
4/ DISTINGUISHABLE

17. 1/ HUMAN
2/ BENEVOLENT
3/ NEUTRAL APPEARANCE
4/ DISTINGUISHABLE
5/ INFORMATIVE

18. why business avatars
are not like
game avatars

20. Similar conceptually,
but also very different…

21. So what have we learned about
creating avatars?

22. 1/ APPEARANCE
2/ GAZE
3/ MOTION

23. AVATARS/ APPEARANCE

24. Low poly head only
Not enough
information
conveyed

25. Low poly head only
Not enough
information
conveyed
Low poly full body
Looks too robotic

26. Low poly head only
Not enough
information
conveyed
Low poly full body
Looks too robotic
High poly full body
Still struggling with
facial features

28. Final Model

29. Name tags

30. Name tags and color

31. Name tags, color and flair easily identify each participant

32. Final Avatar

33. AVATARS/ GAZE

35. GAZE / SOLID LINE

36. GAZE / DIFFUSE DASHED LINE

37. GAZE / PLUMB BOB INDICATOR

38. GAZE / FLASHLIGHT

40. AVATARS/ MOTION

43. MOTION / NO INTERPOLATION

44. MOTION / WITH INTERPOLATION

46. AVATARS/ KEY TAKEAWAYS

47. 1/ Avoid the Uncanny Valley

48. 1/ Avoid the Uncanny Valley
2/ Use gaze beams

49. 1/ Avoid the Uncanny Valley
2/ Use gaze beams
3/ Fade avatars at the torso to avoid pitfalls

50. 1/ Avoid the Uncanny Valley
2/ Use gaze beams
3/ Fade avatars at the torso to avoid pitfalls
4/ Rotate the head ahead of the torso

51. 1/ Avoid the Uncanny Valley
2/ Use gaze beams
3/ Fade avatars at the torso to avoid pitfalls
4/ Rotate the head ahead of the torso
5/ Interpolate avatar motion for network latency

52. 1/ Avoid the Uncanny Valley
2/ Use gaze beams
3/ Fade avatars at the torso to avoid pitfalls
4/ Rotate the head ahead of the torso
5/ Interpolate avatar motion for network latency

53. Questions?
Slides available at objecttheory.com
CALEB CANNON Senior Developer
caleb@objecttheory.com
MICHAEL HOFFMAN Founding Partner
michael@objecttheory.com