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Eye Contact Will Influence Man-Machine Interaction
atari_kid writes "ScienceDaily is running a story about a researcher findings on the importance of eye contact in group communications. More importantly, the findings show how the amount of eye contact one receives in a group will effect the number of turns one can take in a discussion. What is interesting about the study his how it will effect the design of the future communication devices, like for example: 'Collaborative Virtual Environments (CVEs) which support communication between people and machines.' The research findings will be also used to facilitate user interactions with devices like PDA's and cell phones. I wonder if the findings could explain why the 'beautiful people' have such influence on the mass media."
FIRST POST!
Wow, I actually saw an article with only one post...second post, w00t. Oh, and those beautiful people, what is it about them.
no, big breasts => less eye contact, surely...
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the amount of eye contact one receives in a group will effect...
The word is affect, dammit!
Slashdot is my favorite site. It has the best content. That said, I often cringe while reading this site, because the language skills of many techies are borderline-retarded. Not a week goes by that I don't see a story--not a post, but a story--on Slashdot which uses 'effect' for 'affect' or vice-versa. I can easily picture an army of Jeff K's out there: "I am teh computar mastar! I am very smart persan!"
Blues Brs. fan meetings are going to go miiiiighty slow. MIB fan gigs, too.
Now, supposing one glues LCDs to the *outside* of a pair of glasses, and pipes multiple random instances of differnt eye images, bouncing around....