The constant desire humans have to
find new ways to communicate with one another has lead to technological
innovations throughout history. The use of computer-based communication media
is certainly a current and broadly used mean. In this context, this research
intends to explore the potential of Augmented Reality (AR) solutions when
incorporated to synchronous human-human communication support systems in
different space scenarios – same space and distributed. For this work,
two prototype systems (HANDY and Meetsu) were developed and evaluated
qualitatively. The results gave an insightful understanding of the AR impact in
the overall user experience as an engaging and ease of communication tool.