Next-Generation Tele-Immersive Devices for Desktop Trans-Oceanic Collaboration
 

authors: Johnson, A., Leigh, J., DeFanti, T., Sandin, D., Brown, M., Dawe, G.

Proceedings of IS&T/SPIE Conference on Visual Communications and Image Processing '99, San Jose, CA, pp. 1420-1429

Tele-Immersion is the combination of collaborative virtual reality and audio/video teleconferencing. With a new generation of high-speed international networks and high-end virtual reality devices spread around the world, effective trans-oceanic tele-immersive collaboration is now possible. But in order to make these shared virtual environments more convenient workspaces, a new generation of desktop display technology is needed.

start date: 01/25/1999
end date: 01/27/1999

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