TELEPORT— towards immersive copresence

  • Authors:
  • Simon J. Gibbs;Constantin Arapis;Christian J. Breiteneder

  • Affiliations:
  • GMD—German National Research Center for Information Technology, Sankt Augustin, Germany;GMD—German National Research Center for Information Technology, Sankt Augustin, Germany;GMD—German National Research Center for Information Technology, Sankt Augustin, Germany

  • Venue:
  • Multimedia Systems - Special issue on video content based retrieval
  • Year:
  • 1999

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Abstract

TELEPORT is an experimental teleconferencing system with the goal of enabling small groups of people, although geographically separated, to meet as if face'to face. The innovative features of the system include the use of full-wall display surfaces, "merging" of real and virtual environments, viewer tracking, and real-time compositing of live video with synthetic backgrounds.