3D in-world Telepresence With Camera-Tracked Gestural Interaction

dc.contributor.authorChampion, Erik Malcolmen_US
dc.contributor.authorQiang, Lien_US
dc.contributor.authorLacet, Demetriusen_US
dc.contributor.authorDekker, Andrewen_US
dc.contributor.editorChiara Eva Catalano and Livio De Lucaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-05T06:27:42Z
dc.date.available2016-10-05T06:27:42Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractWhile many education institutes use Skype, Google Chat or other commercial video-conferencing applications, these applications are not suitable for presenting architectural or urban design or archaeological information, as they don't integrate the presenter with interactive 3D media. Nor do they allow spatial or component-based interaction controlled by the presenter in a natural and intuitive manner, without needing to sit or stoop over a mouse or keyboard. A third feature that would be very useful is to mirror the presenter's gestures and actions so that the presenter does not have to try to face both audience and screen. To meet these demands we developed a prototype camera-tracking application using a Kinect camera sensor and multi-camera Unity windows for teleconferencing that required the presentation of interactive 3D content along with the speaker (or an avatar that mirrored the gestures of the speaker). Cheaply available commercial software and hardware but coupled with a large display screen (in this case an 8 meter wide curved screen) allows participants to have their gestures, movements and group behavior fed into the virtual environment either directly or indirectly. Allowing speakers to present 3D virtual worlds remotely located audiences while appearing to be inside virtual worlds has immediate practical uses for teaching and long-distance collaboration.en_US
dc.description.sectionheadersInteractive Environments and Applications I
dc.description.seriesinformationEurographics Workshop on Graphics and Cultural Heritage
dc.identifier.doi10.2312/gch.20161394
dc.identifier.isbn978-3-03868-011-6
dc.identifier.issn2312-6124
dc.identifier.pages119-122
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.2312/gch.20161394
dc.identifier.urihttps://diglib.eg.org:443/handle/10.2312/gch20161394
dc.publisherThe Eurographics Associationen_US
dc.subjectH.5.1 [Multimedia Information Systems]. Animations
dc.subjectArtificial
dc.subjectaugmented
dc.subjectand virtual realities
dc.subjectExperimentation
dc.subjectHuman Factors
dc.title3D in-world Telepresence With Camera-Tracked Gestural Interactionen_US
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