VR2001-1

Abstract

Abstract Immersive projection displays such as CABIN and COSMOS have Introduction Recently, multi-screen immersive projection displays such as CAVE have become very popular as virtual reality display systems[1] As a national project aimed at sharing a high presence virtual world using these networked immersive projection displays, the multimedia virtual laboratory (MVL) project has been promoted by the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications in Japan. The multimedia virtual laboratory is a concept of linked network environments in which remote users can mutually communicate through the network as if they are in the same place. In order to realize the concept of the multimedia virtual laboratory, the construction of a high presence communication technology in the shared virtual world has been a key issue. The computer graphics avatar is often used as a communication method in the networked virtual world In the video conference system or associated communication systems such as ClearBoard Therefore, in this study, a stereo video avatar was developed. This technology realizes high presence communication within the networked immersive projection display by transmitting three-dimensional information about the user, such as position and gestures, by using a live video. This paper describes the video avatar technology developed in this study, and the communication capabilities of this method