Title :
FreeWalk: a 3D virtual space for casual meetings
Author :
Nakanishi, Hideyuki ; Yoshida, Chikara ; Nishimura, Toshikazu ; Ishida, Toru
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Soc. Inf., Kyoto Univ., Japan
Abstract :
A meeting environment for casual communication in a networked community, FreeWalk provides a 3D common area where everyone can meet and talk freely. FreeWalk represents participants as 3D polygon pyramids, on which their live video is mapped. Voice volume remains proportional to the distance between sender and receiver. For evaluation, we compared communications in FreeWalk to a conventional desktop videoconferencing system and a face-to-face meeting
Keywords :
groupware; multimedia systems; office automation; teleconferencing; user interfaces; virtual reality; 3D polygon pyramids; 3D virtual space; FreeWalk; casual meetings; collaborative work; desktop videoconferencing system; face-to-face meeting; live video; networked community; three dimensional virtual space; voice volume; Displays; Games; Mice; Radar; Watches;
Journal_Title :
MultiMedia, IEEE
