We evaluate the ability of locally present participants to localize an avatar head's gaze direction in 360 hosted telepresence. We performed a controlled user study to test two potential solutions to indicate a remote user's gaze. We analyze the influence of the user's distance to the avatar and display technique on localization accuracy. Our experimental results suggest that all these factors have a significant effect on the localization accuracy with varying effect sizes.
We evaluate the ability of locally present participants to localize an avatar head's gaze direction in 360 hosted telepresence. We performed a controlled user study to test two potential solutions to indicate a remote user's gaze. We analyze the influence of the user's distance to the avatar and display technique on localization accuracy. Our experimental results suggest that all these factors have a significant effect on the localization accuracy with varying effect sizes.