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Arjun wants to explore the place after the call. He goes to Teleport and puts MIT Stata Center and clicks the button "Take Me here"

  • It opens a direct manipulation 3D interactive map which provides Arjun a way to explore a place by 
    • navigating through the map,
    • varying altitude, and
    • changing camera angle
      Alternatively, Arjun can go to history, pulls up the location from there and opens in the same 3D interactive location explorer.
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Learnability

  • The interface (see the home page) uses the user mental model of chatting, calling and video calling
  • Most popular tool used by people for international calling is Skype -- this user interface is consistent with Skype interface 
  • Auto-highlighting of locations is consistent with hovering affordance (people are likely to hover over highlighted text)

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