Co-Designing Multimodal Tools for Radically Mobile Hybrid Meetings

TY - GEN

T1 - Co-Designing Multimodal Tools for Radically Mobile Hybrid Meetings

AU - Kleinau, Julia

AU - Grønbæk, Jens Emil

AU - Hoggan, Eve

PY - 2025/4/24

Y1 - 2025/4/24

N2 - Hybrid meetings have become common practice in collaborative work environments. However, they are constrained by the fixed spatial configurations of videoconferencing technology. This limits opportunities for mobile and spontaneous interactions; qualities that are critical to successful collaboration. In this paper, we explore the concept of radically mobile hybrid meetings. Our work investigates the design space of multimodal devices as mobile alternatives to traditional videoconferencing.We conducted three group co-design sessions, where participants prototyped mobile hybrid meeting technologies to explore how such meetings could be supported. From these workshops, we derive design fictions envisioning future uses of these technologies, which we evaluate with a questionnaire to spark reflections on future mobile hybrid collaboration tools and practices. We contribute an initial exploration of the design space for radically mobile hybrid meetings, laying the groundwork for developing tools that enable spontaneous, effective, and inclusive collaboration in hybrid mobile settings.

AB - Hybrid meetings have become common practice in collaborative work environments. However, they are constrained by the fixed spatial configurations of videoconferencing technology. This limits opportunities for mobile and spontaneous interactions; qualities that are critical to successful collaboration. In this paper, we explore the concept of radically mobile hybrid meetings. Our work investigates the design space of multimodal devices as mobile alternatives to traditional videoconferencing.We conducted three group co-design sessions, where participants prototyped mobile hybrid meeting technologies to explore how such meetings could be supported. From these workshops, we derive design fictions envisioning future uses of these technologies, which we evaluate with a questionnaire to spark reflections on future mobile hybrid collaboration tools and practices. We contribute an initial exploration of the design space for radically mobile hybrid meetings, laying the groundwork for developing tools that enable spontaneous, effective, and inclusive collaboration in hybrid mobile settings.

KW - hybrid meetings

KW - co-design

KW - multimodal interaction

KW - design fiction

KW - mobile meetings

KW - computer supported cooperative work

KW - CSCW

U2 - 10.1145/3706598.3713993

DO - 10.1145/3706598.3713993

M3 - Article in proceedings

BT - CHI '25 : Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

PB - Association for Computing Machinery

T2 - CHI '25: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Y2 - 26 April 2025 through 1 May 2025

ER -