Title :
Virtual team user environments - a step from tele-cubicles towards distributed tele-collaboration in mediated workspaces
Author :
Kauff, P. ; Schreer, Oliver
Author_Institution :
Heinrich-Hertz-Inst., Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
We introduce a new concept of an immersive 3D video-conference system and immersive tele-collaboration. Based on the principle of a shared virtual table environment (SVTE), the key features of the new system concept are explained and compared to the other SVTE approaches like tele-cubicles. Furthermore we present a complete system architecture based on MPEG-4 technology and discuss first implementations.
Keywords :
data compression; groupware; teleconferencing; video coding; virtual reality; I3DVC system; MPEG-4 video compression standard; MPEG4 technology; distributed telecollaboration; immersive 3D videoconference system; immersive telecollaboration; mediated workspaces; shared virtual table environment; system architecture; telecubicles; virtual team user environments; Bandwidth; Circuits; Displays; Geometry; MPEG 4 Standard; Teleconferencing; Usability; Video sharing; Videoconference; Virtual groups;
Conference_Titel :
Multimedia and Expo, 2002. ICME '02. Proceedings. 2002 IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7304-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICME.2002.1035361
