Socially immersive avatar-based communication

Daniel Roth, Kristoffer Waldow, Marc Erich Latoschik, Arnulph Fuhrmann, Gary Bente
December 2017
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Abstract

In this paper, we present SIAM-C, an avatar-mediated communication platform to study socially immersive interaction in virtual environments. The proposed system is capable of tracking, transmitting, representing body motion, facial expressions, and voice via virtual avatars and inherits the transmission of human behaviors that are available in real-life social interactions. Users are immersed using active stereoscopic rendering projected onto a life-size projection plane, utilizing the concept of “fish tank” virtual reality (VR). Our prototype connects two separate rooms and allows for socially immersive avatar-mediated communication in VR.

Type
Conference-Poster
Publication
IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (IEEE VR) 2017
Conference Publication
Daniel Roth
Daniel Roth
Director

Assistant professor at TU Munich and Director of the HEX Lab

Kristoffer Waldow
Kristoffer Waldow
Doctoral Candidate

Kristoffer is a Doctoral candidate at the Technical University of Munich, Human-Centered Computing and Extended Reality Lab and a research associate at the TH Köln, Computer Graphics research group. His field of interest is Mixed Reality (MR) technologies, especially human-computer interaction in MR environments to improve interpersonal communication and accessibility with avatars.