DocumentCode
3311383
Title
The mirror-reflections on inhabited TV
Author
Walker, Graham
Author_Institution
BT Labs, UK
fYear
1997
fDate
11-12 Sep 1997
Firstpage
149
Lastpage
156
Abstract
Inhabited TV is a vision of future television services in which multi-user virtual environments deliver unprecedented levels of audience participation. Social chat and interaction are mixed with professional content and programming to create on-line communities. The Mirror was a ground-breaking collaborative experiment in Inhabited TV created by BT, Sony Illuminations and the BBC. Six on-line worlds were available to over 2000 viewers of the BBC2 series “The Net” in January and February 1997, and this paper provides an overview of the project
Keywords
interactive television; virtual reality; The Mirror; audience participation; future television services; inhabited TV; multi-user virtual environments; on-line communities; on-line world; Avatars; Collaboration; Lighting; Mirrors; Multimedia communication; Programming profession; Reflection; Space technology; TV broadcasting; Virtual environment;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Community Networking Proceedings, 1997 Fourth International Workshop on
Conference_Location
Atlanta, GA
Print_ISBN
0-7803-4290-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CN.1997.629968
Filename
629968
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