Jim Hollan and Scott Stornetta. Beyond being there. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI '92, 119–125. New York, NY, USA, June 1992. Association for Computing Machinery. URL: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/142750.142769 (visited on 2023-12-08), doi:10.1145/142750.142769.
The paper "Beyond Being There" (1992) by Hollan and Stornetta represents an essential contribution which dismantles standard beliefs regarding human-computer engagement and telecommunication processes. The authors advocate for digital communication tools whose capabilities should extend further than real-time presence through the use of computational enhancements. This view continues to be influential in modern technology development especially in virtual teamwork and augmented reality and Artificial Intelligence communication systems. Their study explores the essence of digital presence together with methods of improving technological means to surpass traditional communication over real interactions. This paper serves as a useful base for investigating digital connection because modern remote work and social technology developments continue.