Immersive autostereoscopic display for mutual telexistence: TWISTER I (Telexistence wide-angle immersive STEReoscope model I)

Author

Kunita, Yutaka ; Ogawa, Naoko ; Sakuma, Atsushi ; Inami, Masahiko ; Maeda, Taro ; Tachi, Susumu

Author_Institution

Tokyo Univ., Japan

fYear

2001

fDate

17-17 March 2001

Firstpage

31

Lastpage

36

Abstract

We present an autostereoscopic display named TWISTER I (Telexistence Wide-view-angle Immersive STEReoscope, Model I), which is designed for a face-to-face telecommunication system called "mutual telexistence". By rotating display units that consist of LED arrays and a barrier around a viewer, TWISTER I can display panoramic stereoscopic images that can be observed without the use of special eyewear. This "glassless" feature is essential for applying this apparatus to mutual telexistence because eye contact is important in non-verbal communication.

Keywords

LED displays; computer displays; stereo image processing; virtual reality; LED arrays; TWISTER I; Telexistence wide-angle immersive STEReoscope model I; face-to-face telecommunication system; glassless feature; immersive autostereoscopic display; mutual telexistence; non-verbal communication; panoramic stereoscopic images; rotating display units; Apertures; Eyes; Head; Lenses; Light emitting diodes; Light sources; Liquid crystal displays; Spatial resolution; Tracking; Virtual reality;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Virtual Reality, 2001. Proceedings. IEEE

Conference_Location

Yokohama, Japan

Print_ISBN

0-7695-0948-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VR.2001.913767

Filename

913767