49. Awareness
Two people are working together over a large workspace. They are currently
working on different parts but doing related activities. If the pair is
not able to keep aware of what the other is doing in the workspace, they
may miss opportunities for moving to a more tightly couples collaboration
or miss cues for further co-ordination.
Example(s): Miniatures of entire workspace showing where others are working
and what they are doing. Audio cues to give audio awareness of consequences
of others actions light-weight mechanism to afford equivalent of glances,
peripheral vision, focusing of attention.
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