• DocumentCode
    1523099
  • 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
  • Volume
    6
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1999
  • Firstpage
    20
  • Lastpage
    28
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    MultiMedia, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1070-986X
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/93.771370
  • Filename
    771370
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1523099