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Semizer, Yelda https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5583-7885
Rosenholtz, Ruth
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Received: 30 August 2024
Accepted: 26 May 2025
First Online: 9 July 2025
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: The experimental protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Board at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Participants provided informed consent prior to their participation in the study.
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
: Video conferencing tools enable remote communication and are widely used. The design of these tools has a profound impact on the quality of user experience. Vision science can inform better design choices. Results of the current study show that background clutter has a detrimental effect on performance in common video conferencing-related tasks, such as finding the current speaker or a reaction symbol. Our findings suggest that the choice of virtual backgrounds has a significant impact on user experience.
