Supporting interoperability and presence awareness in collaborative mixed reality environments
Oyekoya O, Stone R, Steptoe W, Alkurdi L, Klare S, Peer A, Cohen B, Tecchia F, Steed A, Weyrich T (2013)
Publication Type: Conference contribution
Publication year: 2013
Pages Range: 165-174
Conference Proceedings Title: Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology, VRST
Event location: SGP
ISBN: 9781450323796
Abstract
In the BEAMING project we have been extending the scope of collaborative mixed reality to include the representation of users in multiple modalities, including augmented reality, situated displays and robots. A single user (a visitor) uses a high-end virtual reality system (the transporter) to be virtually teleported to a real remote location (the destination). The visitor may be tracked in several ways including emotion and motion capture. We reconstruct the destination and the people within it (the locals). In achieving this scenario, BEAMING has integrated many heterogeneous systems. In this paper, we describe the design and key implementation choices in the Beaming Scene Service (BSS), which allows the various processes to coordinate their behaviour. The core of the system is a light-weight shared object repository that allows loose coupling between processes with very different requirements (e.g. embedded control systems through to mobile apps). The system was also extended to support the notion of presence awareness. We demonstrate two complex applications built with the BSS.
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Involved external institutions
University College London (UCL)
United Kingdom (GB)
IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center
United States (USA) (US)
Technische Universität München (TUM)
Germany (DE)
Scuola Superiore di Studi Universitari e di Perfezionamento Sant´Anna
Italy (IT)
United Kingdom (GB)
IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center
United States (USA) (US)
Technische Universität München (TUM)
Germany (DE)
Scuola Superiore di Studi Universitari e di Perfezionamento Sant´Anna
Italy (IT)
How to cite
APA:
Oyekoya, O., Stone, R., Steptoe, W., Alkurdi, L., Klare, S., Peer, A.,... Weyrich, T. (2013). Supporting interoperability and presence awareness in collaborative mixed reality environments. In Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology, VRST (pp. 165-174). SGP.
MLA:
Oyekoya, Oyewole, et al. "Supporting interoperability and presence awareness in collaborative mixed reality environments." Proceedings of the 19th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology, VRST 2013, SGP 2013. 165-174.
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