Title :
Mixed reality in virtual world teleconferencing
Author :
Kantonen, Tuomas ; Woodward, Charles ; Katz, Neil
Author_Institution :
VTT Tech. Res. Centre of Finland, Espoo, Finland
Abstract :
In this paper we present a Mixed Reality (MR) teleconferencing application based on Second Life (SL) and the OpenSim virtual world. Augmented Reality (AR) techniques are used for displaying virtual avatars of remote meeting participants in real physical spaces, while Augmented Virtuality (AV), in form of video based gesture detection, enables capturing of human expressions to control avatars and to manipulate virtual objects in virtual worlds. The use of Second Life for creating a shared augmented space to represent different physical locations allows us to incorporate the application into existing infrastructure. The application is implemented using open source Second Life viewer, ARToolKit and OpenCV libraries.
Keywords :
augmented reality; avatars; teleconferencing; OpenSim virtual world; augmented reality; augmented virtuality; mixed reality; second life; video based gesture detection; virtual avatars; virtual world teleconferencing; Augmented reality; Augmented virtuality; Avatars; Humans; Libraries; Object detection; Second Life; Teleconferencing; Video sharing; Virtual reality; Second Life; collaborative augmented reality; immersive virtual environments; mixed reality; teleconferencing; virtual worlds;
Conference_Titel :
Virtual Reality Conference (VR), 2010 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Waltham, MA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6237-7
Electronic_ISBN :
1087-8270
DOI :
10.1109/VR.2010.5444792
