Title :
Implementation of a virtual chat room for multimedia communications
Author :
Chang, Yao-Jen ; Chen, Chih-Chung ; Jen-Chung Chou ; Chen, Yung-Chang
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Tsing Hua Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan
Abstract :
In this paper, an implementation of a virtual chat room system for multimedia communications is presented. In addition to the conventional ability of chat room applications to transmit talk messages between users, the system provides a 3-D virtual environment and adopts 3-D facial models for character representation. Each participant can communicate with the others with keyboard, mouse, and his facial expressions. Essential implementation issues including the facial expression analysis process are detailed in this article
Keywords :
multimedia communication; virtual reality; 3-D facial models; 3-D virtual environment; character representation; facial expression analysis; multimedia communications; transmit talk messages; virtual chat room; Avatars; Facial animation; Financial advantage program; Humans; Internet; Mice; Multimedia communication; Multimedia systems; Space exploration; Space technology;
Conference_Titel :
Multimedia Signal Processing, 1999 IEEE 3rd Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Copenhagen
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5610-1
DOI :
10.1109/MMSP.1999.793925
