An immersive telepresence system with a locomotion interface using high-resolution omnidirectional movies

This paper describes a novel telepresence system which enables users to walk through a photorealistic virtualized environment by actual walking. To realize such a system, a wide-angle high-resolution movie is projected on an immersive multi-screen display to present users the virtualized environments and a treadmill is controlled according to detected user´s locomotion. In this study, we use an omnidirectional multi-camera system to acquire images of a real outdoor scene. The proposed system provides users with rich sense of walking in a remote site.