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VIRTUE. VIRtual Team User Environment. Main project objectives. to develop the innovative technology necessary to produce a convincing impression of presence in a semi-immersive teleconferencing system ;

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  1. VIRTUE VIRtual Team User Environment

  2. Main project objectives • to develop the innovative technology necessary to produce a convincing impression of presence in a semi-immersive teleconferencing system; • to integrate and demonstrate a telepresence system incorporating such innovative techniques; • to investigate the human factors involved in maximising the effectiveness and realism of telepresence, and to use them to drive the design of the system.

  3. Essential features • Camera views for multiple participants • eye contact, spatial awareness, directed body language, look-around effect • using dynamic view synthesis from multiple cameras • Semi-immersive display with life-size head and torso images • Integrated visual environment • same virtual table, correct perspective

  4. Desktop mock-up

  5. State-of-the-Art(PANORAMA etc) Head and shoulder view only Restricted point-of-view (inter-occular & relatively small camera separation) Point-to-point Natural content only VIRTUE Head and torso view including held objects Wide point-of-view supporting full look-around capability and flexible positioning of participants Scalable multi-location Integrated natural, synthetic and graphical content Innovation (1)

  6. Uniform background for segmentation Single render strategy only "Presence" not fully understood or characterised Implied fixed camera and display configuration Unconstrained environment Hybrid image-based and 3D model based rendering Development and application of "presence" metrics System model abstracts the camera and display configuration Innovation (2)

  7. VIRTUE Workpackages • Algorithms • Real-time Platform • System • Human Factors • Management

  8. Major Milestones • Jan 2000 Project Start • Month 21 Demonstrate view rendering sub-system • Month 24 Report on HF experiments • Month 36 Demonstrate 3-way telepresence conferencing

  9. VIRTUE Partners • British Telecommunications PLC (BT), UK • Heinrich-Hertz-Institut (HHI), Germany. • Sony Broadcast and Professional Europe, (Sony BPE), UK. • Technical University of Delft (TUD), The Netherlands. • TNO Human Factors Research Institute (TNO-HFRI), The Netherlands. • Heriot-Watt University (HWU), UK

  10. Contacts • VIRTUE Project Manager • Phil Sheppard (BT) • email phil.j.sheppard@bt.com • European Commission Project Officer • Eric Badiqué

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