Developing a 2.5-D video avatar

Author

Tamagawa, Ken ; Yamada, Toshio ; Ogi, Tetsuro ; Hirose, Michitaka

Volume

18

Issue

3

fYear

2001

fDate

5/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

35

Lastpage

42

Abstract

Immersive projection technology has become very popular as a virtual reality display system. A 2.5-D video avatar method was proposed and developed. The 2.5-D video avatar was created using a depth map generated by a stereo camera, and it was superimposed on the shared virtual world in real time. A 2.5-D video avatar was also transmitted between two immersive projection displays, computer augmented booth for image navigation (CABIN) and COSMOS, which were connected by a high bandwidth ATM network. In addition, we experimentally evaluated the accuracy of pointing when using the 2.5-D video avatar

Keywords

asynchronous transfer mode; augmented reality; display instrumentation; stereo image processing; telecommunication networks; video cameras; video signal processing; 2.5-D video avatar; CABIN; COSMOS; computer augmented booth for image navigation; depth map; high bandwidth ATM network; immersive projection displays; immersive projection technology; stereo camera; virtual reality display system; Avatars; Cameras; Collaborative work; Computer displays; Intelligent systems; Laboratories; Navigation; Three dimensional displays; Video sharing; Virtual reality;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Signal Processing Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1053-5888

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/79.924887

Filename

924887