Title :
Reconstruction for 3D immersive virtual environments
Author :
Alexiadis, S. ; Kordelas, G. ; Apostolakis, K.C. ; Agapito, J.D. ; Vegas, J.M. ; Izquierdo, E. ; Daras, P.
Author_Institution :
Centre for Res. & Technol.-Hellas, Inf. & Telematics Inst., Thessaloniki, Greece
Abstract :
The future of tele-conferencing is towards multi-party 3D Tele-Immersion (TI) and TI environments that can support realistic inter-personal communications and virtual interaction among participants. In this paper, we address two important issues, pertinent to TI environments. The paper focuses on techniques for the real-time, 3D reconstruction of moving humans from multiple Kinect devices. The off-line generation of real-life 3D scenes from visual data, captured by non-professional users is also addressed. Experimental results are provided that demonstrate the efficiency of the methods, along with an example of mixing real with virtual in a shared space.
Keywords :
graphical user interfaces; human computer interaction; teleconferencing; virtual reality; 3D immersive virtual environments; Kinect devices; TI environments; addressed.; interpersonal communications; moving human 3D reconstruction; multiparty 3D tele-immersion; real-life 3D scene offline generation; tele-conferencing; virtual interaction; visual data; Accuracy; Graphics processing unit; Humans; Image reconstruction; Real time systems; Three dimensional displays; Visualization;
Conference_Titel :
Image Analysis for Multimedia Interactive Services (WIAMIS), 2012 13th International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Dublin
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0791-8
Electronic_ISBN :
2158-5873
DOI :
10.1109/WIAMIS.2012.6226760
