Integrating virtual reality, tele-conferencing, and entertainment into multimedia home computers

Author

Ramanathan, Shriram ; Rangan, P. Venkat ; Vin, Harrick M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., California Univ., San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

Volume

38

Issue

2

fYear

1992

fDate

5/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

70

Lastpage

76

Abstract

It is pointed out that the integration of virtual reality techniques with multimedia teleconferencing leads to the development of tele-virtual conferencing systems, which synthesize panoramic, life-like three-dimensional video images and stereophonic audio. The authors investigate the architectural requirements of such systems and propose a high-level design of an intelligent multimedia interface unit (IMIU) capable of supporting tele-virtual conferencing in multimedia home computers. The IMIU is capable of supporting panoramic, life-like three-dimensional video images and stereophonic audio, so as to synthesize tele-virtual conferencing environments

Keywords

computer graphics; home computing; multimedia systems; teleconferencing; user interfaces; entertainment; home workstations; intelligent multimedia interface unit; multimedia home computers; panoramic life-like three-dimensional video images; stereophonic audio; tele-virtual conferencing systems; teleconferencing; virtual reality; Application software; HDTV; Home computing; Motion pictures; Multimedia systems; Network servers; Telecommunication computing; Teleconferencing; Video on demand; Virtual reality;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Consumer Electronics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0098-3063

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/30.142861

Filename

142861