3D Symbiotic Environment for Collaborative Work

Collaborative work environments which are using augmented reality have been expected to realize effective collaborative works. However, the construction of these environments has a limitation, because devices which do not have an ability of sensing the real-space information cannot be used for these environments. To break this limitation, we propose the construction scheme of 3D symbiotic environment. 3D symbiotic environment enables users to do collaborative works intuitively as if virtual spaces united with the real space. In this paper, we present fundamental technologies for 3D symbiotic environment. In addition, we show the design and implementation of the prototype system, and confirmed feasibility of 3D symbiotic environment with experimental results of the prototype system.