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Electronic Visualization Laboratory University of Illinois at Chicago
SC Global 03 Showcase Session Proposal:
AG Games (Meeting 1)
Allan Spale
Electronic Visualization Laboratory University of Illinois at Chicago
Participants• ACCESS DC
– Tom Coffin, [email protected]• Univ. of Montana-Missoula
– Don Morton, [email protected]– Yolanda Reimer, [email protected]
• Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln (SDI)– Lai Lim, [email protected]
• Univ. of New Mexico (HPCERC)– Jeff Shuckra, [email protected]
• SURFnet– Bart Kerver, [email protected]– Maarten Koopmans, [email protected]
• EVL@UIC– Gene Ostrovsky, [email protected]– Allan Spale, [email protected]
Electronic Visualization Laboratory University of Illinois at Chicago
Session Proposal
• Focus on nonverbal communication over the AG– Play a game of charades composed on 2 teams
of 3 people
• Focus on how to use a “personal” venue on a laptop (using PIG) while in a “main” session using a full AG node– Play a round-robin trivia game
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Timetable for the Session
• Welcome and explanation of session: 10 minutes
• Games: 40 minutes– Charades: 20 minutes– Round-robin trivia: 20 minutes
• Audience/remote site question and answer: 10 minutes
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Session >> Introduction
• Nonverbal communication
– Compliments verbal communication
– Carries an additional channel of meaning
• Concept of dual presence
– Extending chat rooms, instant messaging to videoconferencing (and beyond)
– Like sitting in an auditorium and being able to talk/share ideas with people around you without interrupting the main session
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Session >> Game Equipment
• Have a laptop pointing to team venue– AG PIG software– Headset with microphone– USB webcam
• Participate from AG node pointing to game venue– When consulting with team members, mute AG
node mic near player to prevent eavesdropping– Cover mouth to prevent lipreading (necessary?)
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Session >> Game >> Charades
• 2 teams of 3 people• Person presents charade in main venue with his
team members with mics live in main venue• Team not guessing can consult about possible
answer in their team venue• If current team guess incorrectly, the other team
may guess• Possible twists on the game
– Have 2 people present charade, not just 1 person– If in trouble, have another person help act out charade
with only one person guessing
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Session >> Game >> Round-Robin Trivia
• Similar to “Weakest Link”– Round-robin of trivia questions until time expires– Scoring
• Base-point value• Multiplied by # of consecutive correct answers• Multiplied by # of teams answering question wrong
– 2 rounds with 2nd round having a doubled base-point value
• No one gets eliminated/voted off
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Session >> Game >> Round-Robin Trivia
• Each team receives a question• Team members discuss the answer in their
team venue before responding• Response given in game venue• Incorrect answers
– Next team in order gets a chance, and if that team is wrong, remaining team gets a chance
– If all teams guess wrong, question is “thrown out” and a new question is given to the team that first answered incorrectly
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Project Timeline Leading to Submission Date (April 7-21)
• Meeting 2– Evaluate feasibility of dual-venue concept
• Meeting 3– Have charades, trivia questions ready– Practice game sessions– Keep score using WBD
• Meeting 4– Try and decide on scoreboard type– Try and decide on audience participation
• Meeting 5– Create proposal for submission (can be concurrent process
done offline between meetings)
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Open Items
• Audience participation– Allow audience members to play against team– Have them play along via entering answers and
keeping score on web pages– Have audience give hints to players via instant
messaging– Allow audience to submit charade topics and
choose trivia questions to ask– Other suggestions…
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Open Items
• Scoreboard– Use VNC to display a program with an interface
to keep score– Use WBD (whiteboard)– Use Java applet, Macromedia Flash– Other suggestions…
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Open Items
• Charade topics– TV show, Movie, Book, Song, Other…
• Trivia questions– Level of difficulty– Restrict to certain topics– Where to find them
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Discussion