Proceedings of the 25th annual conference on Computer graphics and interactive techniques
View synthesis by edge transfer with application to the generation of immersive video objects
VRST '98 Proceedings of the ACM symposium on Virtual reality software and technology
Proceedings of the 27th annual conference on Computer graphics and interactive techniques
A lighting reproduction approach to live-action compositing
Proceedings of the 29th annual conference on Computer graphics and interactive techniques
The Visual Hull Concept for Silhouette-Based Image Understanding
IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence
Immersive Telecommunication Using Stereo Video Avatar
VR '01 Proceedings of the Virtual Reality 2001 Conference (VR'01)
High Presence Remote Presentation in the Shared Immersive Virtual World
VR '03 Proceedings of the IEEE Virtual Reality 2003
blue-c: a spatially immersive display and 3D video portal for telepresence
ACM SIGGRAPH 2003 Papers
blue-c API: a multimedia and 3D video enhanced toolkit for collaborative VR and telepresence
VRCAI '04 Proceedings of the 2004 ACM SIGGRAPH international conference on Virtual Reality continuum and its applications in industry
Real time 3D avatar for interactive mixed reality
VRCAI '04 Proceedings of the 2004 ACM SIGGRAPH international conference on Virtual Reality continuum and its applications in industry
Small-Group Behavior in a Virtual and Real Environment: A Comparative Study
Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments
Polyhedral visual hulls for real-time rendering
EGWR'01 Proceedings of the 12th Eurographics conference on Rendering
ACM SIGGRAPH 2007 posters
VirtualizeMe: interactive model reconstruction from stereo video streams
Proceedings of the 2008 ACM symposium on Virtual reality software and technology
Feasibility of the living canvas: restricting projection to a performer on stage
MM '08 Proceedings of the 16th ACM international conference on Multimedia
Combining pointing gestures with video avatars for remote collaboration
UAHCI'07 Proceedings of the 4th international conference on Universal access in human-computer interaction: ambient interaction
ACM SIGGRAPH Asia 2010 papers
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We present a novel low-cost method for visual communication and telepresence in a CAVE^{\rm{TM}}-like environment, relying on 2D stereo-based video avatars. The system combines a selection of proven efficient algorithms and approximations in a unique way, resulting in a convincing stereoscopic real-time representation of a remote user acquired in a spatially immersive display. The system was designed to extend existing projection systems with acquisition capabilities requiring minimal hardware modifications and cost. The system uses infrared-based image segmentation to enable concurrent acquisition and projection in an immersive environment without a static background. The system consists of two color cameras and two additional b/w cameras used for segmentation in the near-IR spectrum. There is no need for special optics as the mask and color image are merged using image-warping based on a depth estimation. The resulting stereo image stream is compressed, streamed across a network, and displayed as a frame-sequential stereo texture on a billboard in the remote virtual environment.