Publication Type

Conference Proceeding Article

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

4-2026

Abstract

We characterize 16 challenges faced by those investigating and developing remote and synchronous collaborative experiences around visualization. Our work reflects the perspectives and prior research efforts of an international group of 29 experts from across human-computer interaction and visualization sub-communities. The challenges are anchored around five collaborative activities that exhibit a centrality of visualization and multimodal communication. These activities include exploratory data analysis, creative ideation, visualization-rich presentations, joint decision making grounded in data, and real-time data monitoring. The challenges also reflect the changing dynamics of these activities in the face of recent advances in extended reality (XR) and artificial intelligence (AI). As an organizing scheme for future research at the intersection of visualization and computer-supported cooperative work, we align the challenges with a sequence of four sets of research and development activities: technological choices, social factors, AI assistance, and evaluation.

Keywords

Collaborative visualization, remote collaboration, synchronous collaboration, multimodal communication and interaction, device and role asymmetry

Discipline

Databases and Information Systems

Research Areas

Information Systems and Management

Areas of Excellence

Digital transformation

Publication

CHI '26: Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Barcelona, Spain, April 13-17

First Page

1

Last Page

17

Identifier

10.1145/3772318.3791117

Publisher

ACM

City or Country

New York

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1145/3772318.3791117

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