VIRTUE – The step towards immersive tele-presence in virtual video-conference systems
نویسنده
چکیده
We present the challenging project VIRTUE, which will supersede current video conferencing systems. The essential features of this virtual video conferencing system, aiming at a convincing impression of immersive telepresence, are presented. To demonstrate what telepresence in video conferencing means the main properties of such a system are described together with the approaches to achieve the illusion of telepresence. We discuss the technological challenges of the project, which aims to advance the state of the art in a number of component discipline areas, in terms of either proposing novel paradigms, approaches and algorithms or pushing forward the frontiers of the current approaches. Finally, we give first results of the work, which end in the requirements specification of the advanced real-time demonstration system. It will be designed and constructed to achieve a 3-way telepresence video conferencing system supporting life-sized upper body video images in a shared virtual environment.
منابع مشابه
Immersive Multi-User 3D Video Communication
The interest in immersive video conference systems exists now for many years from both sides, the commercialization point of view as well as from a research perspective. Nevertheless, so far the user acceptance of such systems was still very limited. This situation changed recently. Technological advances in fields like display and camera technology as well as processing hardware lead the way t...
متن کاملVirtual Team User Environments – a Mixed Reality Approach for Immersive Tele-collaboration
Videoconferencing is going to become attractive for geographically distributed team collaboration, specifically to avoid travelling and to increase flexibility. This paper presents a next generation videoconference system combining 3D video and VR techniques in a mixed reality application, providing immersive tele-presence as well as natural conferee representation in a shared collaboration spa...
متن کاملRemote Operation of Mining Equipment Using Panoramic Display Systems: Exploring the Sense of Presence
The mining industry is interested in tele-operation systems to remove mining operators from hazardous or inconvenient environments while providing them with enough sensory information such that their efficiency is maintained or even enhanced. Similar systems are also used to provide collaboration and assistance in remote problem solving situations, including emergency scenarios. The increased a...
متن کاملThe Virtual Meeting Room A Realtime Implementation of a Shared Virtual Environment System Using Today's Consumer Technology in Connection with the MPEG-4 Standard
• Brief explaination of the MPEG-4 Standard of ISO/IEC. • Discussion of its potential benefits for shared virtual environment systems. • Presentation of a virtual conference system using MPEG-4 technology • Details of an exisiting prototype implementation: The Virtual Meeting Point • Outlook on future work targeting immersive tele-presence systems. • Live demonstration of the Virtual Meeting Po...
متن کاملTele-immersion for wireless networks
Tele-immersive 3D multi camera environments are beginning to emerge and they bring with them lots of applications as well as challenging research problems. They enable cooperative interaction between geographically distributed sites. One of the important questions that arises in the design and implementation of such systems is that how to transmit huge amounts of 3D data consisting of multiple ...
متن کامل