Immersive telecommunication using stereo video avatar

Author

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

Author_Institution

Tokyo Univ., Japan

fYear

2001

fDate

17-17 March 2001

Firstpage

45

Lastpage

51

Abstract

Immersive projection displays such as CABIN and COSMOS have been connected through a broadband network. This kind of network environment is expected to be used as a multimedia virtual laboratory. In particular, video avatar technology has been developed in order to realize high-presence communication in this multimedia virtual laboratory. A video avatar is a computer-synthesized 3D image created using live video. This method has the characteristics of being a natural, accurate and convenient communication tool. In this study, the communication capabilities of the video avatar were experimentally evaluated. In addition, the video avatar technology was applied to several communications applications, such as that of guiding colleagues and undertaking design work in networked immersive projection displays.

Keywords

broadband networks; computer communications software; computer displays; multimedia systems; stereo image processing; video signal processing; virtual reality; CABIN; COSMOS; broadband network environment; colleague guidance; computer-synthesized 3D image; design work; high-presence communication; immersive telecommunication; live video; multimedia virtual laboratory; networked immersive projection displays; stereo video avatar; Application software; Avatars; Collaboration; Computer displays; Computer graphics; Laboratories; Large screen displays; Video sharing; Videoconference; Virtual reality;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Virtual Reality, 2001. Proceedings. IEEE

Conference_Location

Yokohama, Japan

Print_ISBN

0-7695-0948-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VR.2001.913769

Filename

913769