Next-Generation Tele-Immersive Devices for Desktop Trans-Oceanic Collaboration

Created on January 25, 1999

1999   ·   paper   ·   papers   Devices   Human Factors   VR

Next-Generation Tele-Immersive Devices for Desktop Trans-Oceanic Collaboration

Johnson, A.,Leigh, J.,DeFanti, T.,Sandin, D.,Brown, M.,Dawe, G.

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  • Caption: User at ImmersaDesk2 Interacting with Live Video Avatar
  • Credit: J. Leigh, EVL

Tele-Immersion is the combination of collaborative virtual reality and audio / video teleconferencing. With a new generation of high-speed international networks and high-end virtual reality devices spread around the world, effective trans-oceanic tele-immersive collaboration is now possible. But in order to make these shared virtual environments more convenient workspaces, a new generation of desktop display technology is needed.

Citation: Johnson, A., Leigh, J., DeFanti, T., Sandin, D., Brown, M., Dawe, G., Next-Generation Tele-Immersive Devices for Desktop Trans-Oceanic Collaboration, Proceedings of IS&T / SPIE Conference on Visual Communications and Image Processing ’99, San Jose, CA, pp. 1420-1429, 1999-01-25. http://www.evl.uic.edu/aej/spie2/spie.html