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A navigable mixed reality system where humans and agents can communicate and interact with each other in a virtual environment can be an appropriate tool for analyzing multi-human and multi-agent communication. We propose a prototype of our system, FCWorld, which has been developed to meet these requirements. FCWorld integrates various technologies with a focus on allowing natural human communication. In this paper we discuss the requirements for FCWorld, the technical issues which it must address, and our proposed solutions. We intend it to become a novel tool for a variety of communication tasks such as real-time analysis and facilitation.
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Lala, D., Nitschke, C., Nishida, T. (2014). Enhancing Communication through Distributed Mixed Reality. In: Ślȩzak, D., Schaefer, G., Vuong, S.T., Kim, YS. (eds) Active Media Technology. AMT 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8610. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09912-5_42
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