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Tele-immersive collaborative virtual environment for intuitive interpretation

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The purpose of tele-immersive collaboration is to enable people in separate locations to work together effectively by the Virtual Reality (VR) technology facilitating the human intuitive insight and interpretation. Consequently, it is important to cogitate with figures and characters as well as voice communication in Collaborative Virtual Environment (CVE). In this paper, we constructed tele-immersive CVE with annotation capability and free-hand drawing of characters and figures into Immersive Projection Technology (IPT) environment. In addition, participants from remote sites connected over a Wide Area Network (WAN) were enabled to interact with each other by sharing annotations via a PDA application. Moreover, we developed applications for scientific visualization and, for intellectual work based on KJ Method inside a tele-immersive CVE. From these results, we are able to maintain essential information for thinking by making annotation on IPT environment, and have proved the system can support intuitive understanding in remote collaborative work.

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  1. Knowledge Graphics Technology Inc., Tomin Shinjuku Bldg., 2-8-8 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-0022, Japan

    Nobuyuki Kukimoto

  2. Academic Center for Computing and Media Studies, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

    Yasuo Ebara

  3. Center for the Promotion of Excellence in Higher Education, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Nihonmatsucho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

    Koji Koyamada

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  1. Nobuyuki Kukimoto
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This work was presented in part at the 12th International Symposium on Artificial Life and Robotics, Oita, Japan, January 25–27, 2007

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Kukimoto, N., Ebara, Y. & Koyamada, K. Tele-immersive collaborative virtual environment for intuitive interpretation. Artif Life Robotics 13, 373–376 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10015-008-0568-7

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