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ECMAST 1997: Multimedia Applications, Services and Techniques — ECMAST '97 pp 359–374Cite as

A multi-site teleconferencing system using V. R. paradigms

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This paper discusses early results in a televirtuality project named “TRAIVI∝. The goal of this project is to create and run multi-site meetings via low bit-rate links and virtual reality paradigms. We propose to enable several persons located at different physical sites to meet each other in a common virtual meeting room. In order to preserve a high level of realism, we describe how it is possible to animate 3D human-like synthetic interfaces based on “CYBERWARE∝ models, and how they can be immersed in a common virtual meeting space created from a limited set of real room pictures.

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  1. Multimedia Communications Department, Institut EURéCOM, 2229, route des CrÊtes, B.P. 193, F-06904, Sophia-Antipolis Cedex

    Stéphane Valente & Jean-Luc Dugelay

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Valente, S., Dugelay, JL. (1997). A multi-site teleconferencing system using V. R. paradigms. In: Fdida, S., Morganti, M. (eds) Multimedia Applications, Services and Techniques — ECMAST '97. ECMAST 1997. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1242. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0037363

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