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Abstract

A new approach to telepresence is presented in which a multitude of stationary cameras are used to acquire both photometric and depth information. A virtual environment is constructed by displaying the acquired data from the remote site in accordance with the head position and orientation of a local participant. Shown are preliminary results of a depth image of a human subject calculated from 11 closely spaced video camera positions. A user wearing a head-mounted display walks around this 3D data that has been inserted into a 3D model of a simple room. Future systems based on this approach may exhibit more natural and intuitive interaction among participants than current 2D teleconferencing systems.

Notes

Associated Center(s) / Consortia: Vision and Autonomous Systems Center

Note: TR94-033

Text Reference

H. Fuchs, G. Bishop, K. Arthur, L. McMillan, R. Bajcsy, S. Lee, H. Farid, and Takeo Kanade, "Virtual Space Teleconferencing Using a Sea of Cameras," Proc. First International Conference on Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery, June, 1994, pp. 161 - 167.

BibTeX Reference

@inproceedings{Kanade_1994_1662,
   author = "H. Fuchs and G. Bishop and K. Arthur and L. McMillan and R. Bajcsy and S. Lee and H. Farid and Takeo Kanade",
   title = "Virtual Space Teleconferencing Using a Sea of Cameras",
   booktitle = "Proc. First International Conference on Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery",
   pages = "161 - 167",
   month = "June",
   year = "1994",
   Notes = "TR94-033"
}

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