Clearspace: mixed reality virtual teamrooms

  • Authors:
  • Alex Hill;Matthew Bonner;Blair MacIntyre

  • Affiliations:
  • Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta;Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta;Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 2011 international conference on Virtual and mixed reality: systems and applications - Volume Part II
  • Year:
  • 2011

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Abstract

We describe ClearSpace, a tool for collaboration between distributed teamrooms that combines components of virtual worlds and mixed presence groupware. This prototype is a starting point for exploring solutions to display and presence disparity by leveraging model-based user representations. We describe our deployed system and a mirroring approach that solves several problems with scaling up ClearBoard style portals to a common virtual space. We also describe techniques for enforcing consistency between heterogeneous virtual and physical contexts through system-managed awareness.