Title :
Virtual space teleconferencing system
Author :
TERASHIMA, Nobuyoshi ; Kishino, Fumio
Author_Institution :
ATR Commun. Syst. Res. Labs., Kyoto, Japan
Abstract :
Describes a virtual space teleconferencing system which realizes communication with realistic sensations. Real-time reproduction of a 3D human image is realized by this experimental system, which ATR recently built for the realization of virtual space teleconferencing in which participants at different sites can feel as if they are at one site and can work cooperatively. In the teleconferencing system, the 3D model of a participant is constructed by a wireframe model mapped by color texture, and is displayed on the 3D screen at the receiving site. Promising results for real-time cooperative work using the experimental system are demonstrated. This system is an application of multimedia technology. In this paper, a higher level of interaction is described that allows verbal instructions to be combined with 3D input devices for generating, manipulating or modifying 3D virtual objects
Keywords :
computer displays; groupware; image colour analysis; image texture; multimedia communication; multimedia computing; real-time systems; telecommunication computing; teleconferencing; virtual reality; 3D human image reproduction; 3D input devices; 3D screen; 3D virtual objects; ATR; color texture mapping; high-level interaction; multimedia technology; real-time cooperative work; realistic sensations; verbal instructions; virtual space teleconferencing system; wireframe model; Character generation; Collaborative work; Humans; Laboratories; Real time systems; Space technology; Teleconferencing; Virtual environment; Virtual reality; Wire;
Conference_Titel :
Multimedia Communications, 1994. MULTIMEDIA '94., 5th IEEE COMSOC International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Kyoto
DOI :
10.1109/IWMC.1994.601213
