Mixed Presence in Mixed Reality: Charting the Challenges and Opportunities

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Abstract

This paper investigates the challenges of designing mixed-presence environments for Mixed Reality and suggests future research directions derived from an expert workshop. Developing mixed-presence systems is a complex undertaking that combines the intricacies of both co-located and distributed mixed-reality spaces. Current literature in this field describes various promising design and development approaches but lacks a systematic overview, resulting in fragmented solutions to re-occurring challenges. Therefore, we conducted a comprehensive review of mixed-presence and multi-user remote mixed-reality systems, categorizing the prevalent challenges faced during the development of such systems, but also current trends, common use cases, study tasks and methodologies. Supported by these results, we then conducted an expert ideation workshop to collect and structure promising future research directions.As a result, we provide a detailed resource to orient and prepare developers for probable challenges and support researchers in making informed design decisions for future mixed-presence studies in Mixed Reality.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCHI 2026 - Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
EditorsNuria Oliver, David A. Shamma, Heloisa Candello, Pablo Cesar, Pedro Lopes, Alessandro Bozzon, Thomas Kosch, Vera Liao, Xiaojuan Ma, Valentino Artizzu, Fiona Draxler, Gustavo Lopez, Anke V. Reinschluessel, Xin Tong, Phoebe O. Toups Dugas
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
ISBN (electronic)979-8-4007-2278-3
Publication statusPublished - 13 Apr 2026
Peer-reviewedYes

Conference

TitleCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2026
SubtitleCreating Tomorrow Together
Abbreviated titleCHI 2026
Duration13 - 17 April 2026
Website
LocationCentre de Convencions Internacional de Barcelona
CityBarcelona
CountrySpain

Keywords

Keywords

  • Collaboration, Mixed Presence, Mixed Reality