Motion Capture Integration with Tele-immersion Virtual Environment

This paper is in the field of tele-immersion, which pertains to the use of technology to virtually represent three dimensional bodies from remote locations. The primary goal of the project is to integrate real time motion capture data into the existing virtual environment and subsequently minimize the time required to render the bodies when facial movements and other detailed characteristics are not essential. The data from the motion capture system would be used to either control a three dimensional human model avatar or be represented as a set of markers for interaction in virtual space.