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Interactive visualisation of collaborative dynamics: a VLM-based approach for behavior and affect analysis

Liu, Shuyun (1); McTeague, Chris (1); Wolfram Klöckner, Hermann (1,2); Dreyer, Susanne (1); Thoring, Katja (1)

Type:
Papers
DS 145: Proceedings of the DESIGN2026 19th International Design Conference
Year:
2026
Editor:
Štorga, M.; Škec, S.; Martinec, T.; Marjanović, D.; Pavković, N.
Author:
Liu, Shuyun (1); McTeague, Chris (1); Wolfram Klöckner, Hermann (1,2); Dreyer, Susanne (1); Thoring, Katja (1)
Series:
DESIGN
Institution:
1: Technical University of Munich, Germany; 2: Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Page(s):
2413-2422
DOI number:
10.1017/pds.2026.10599
ISSN:
2732-527X (Online)
Abstract:
Collaboration is crucial in design and management, fostering innovation, problem-solving, and decision-making. We explore the use of vision-language models (VLMs) for analyzing collaboration, focusing on detecting social behavior and group affect. By fusing multimodal cues, VLMs enable more context-aware reasoning beyond surface-level perception. We develop a pipeline, a structured prompt and an interactive visualization for integrating VLMs into the analysis workflow. Comparing VLM and human analysis results, we discuss how VLMs can advance collaboration analysis and the remaining challenges.
Keywords:
artificial intelligence (AI), human behaviour, affective states, collaboration dynamics, visualisation
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