Obiettivo In the age of a global economy, intense and efficient communication within companies or between different companies is essential in order to compete successfully in the market. Recent investigations have shown that the intensity of communication correlates directly with the geographical distance between the communicating parties. Here exists an enormous potential for intensifying collaboration between project partners and thus for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the work itself. Conferences held online, offering all the conveniences of a real conference, help to save time and costs. Effective teamwork, bringing together the expertise of specialists from all places of the world, is crucial for the success of each project. Effects of synergies can be made use of and projects can be realised in much shorter time. This may contribute to shorter innovation cycles. AVATAR-Conference aims to develop a toolkit for the set-up and administration of virtual online conferences in which users are represented as avatars, i.e. as animated 3D-figures. The AVATAR_Conference system will be designed as a scalable, modular application, offering a large number of supportive functions, like multimedia multi-user real-time communication, speech and voice recognition facilities, online translation services, user representation through 3D-avatars within virtual worlds, multi-user 3D-manipulation and whiteboard, application sharing facilities and clients on PC and Interactive-TV.The AVATAR-Conference system provides the means for spontaneous, intuitive and intense communication between project partners. The system will especially be characterised by its high usability. Programma(i) FP5-IST - Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on a "User-friendly information society, 1998-2002" Argomento(i) 2000-2.2.2 - Smart Organisations Invito a presentare proposte Data not available Meccanismo di finanziamento CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinatore FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo HANSASTRASSE 27C 80686 MUENCHEN Germania Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato Partecipanti (7) Classifica in ordine alfabetico Classifica per Contributo UE Espandi tutto Riduci tutto AVATARME LTD Regno Unito Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo 90 LONDON ROAD SE1 6LN LONDON Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato E-PRO SOLUTIONS GMBH Germania Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo WALDBURGSTRASSE 21 70563 STUTTGART Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato EXODUS A.E. Grecia Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo ODOS FARANTATON 6-10 11527 ATHINA Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato LINGUATEC GMBH Germania Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo GOTTFRIED-KELLER-STRASSE 12 81245 MUENCHEN Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato PIXELPARK (SCHWEIZ) AG Svizzera Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo MUENCHENSTEINERSTRASSE 43 4052 BASEL Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato TOOLTECHNIC SYSTEMS S.R.L. Italia Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo V. E. FERMI 36/38 20090 MILANO Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato UNIVERSITAET STUTTGART Germania Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo KEPLERSTRASSE 7 70174 STUTTGART Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato