Obiettivo You are at a meeting table with people spaced around in front of you. You are able to communicate with them effectively as if they are sitting next to you in the same room, in fact you are led to believe they are present in the same room - but they are actually located at several remote locations. For many types of meeting this high-realism telepresence conferencing system will replace the need to travel. Technologies in computer vision and graphics have developed to a position where this vision is achievable. VIRTUE will make this happen in Europe. Achieving this vision will require practical and efficient solutions to technology issues, most importantly wide viewpoint synthesis from multiple cameras that deals with occlusion, and object segmentation from non-uniform backgrounds. A comprehensive set of user experiments will ensure the result is an empirically validated demonstrator. You are at a meeting table with people spaced around in front of you. You are able to communicate with them effectively as if they are sitting next to you in the same room, in fact you are led to believe they are present in the same room - but they are actually located at several remote locations. For many types of meeting this high-realism telepresence conferencing system will replace the need to travel. Technologies in computer vision and graphics have developed to a position where this vision is achievable. VIRTUE will make this happen in Europe. Achieving this vision will require practical and efficient solutions to technology issues, most importantly wide viewpoint synthesis from multiple cameras that deals with occlusion, and object segmentation from non-uniform backgrounds. A comprehensive set of user experiments will ensure the result is an empirically validated demonstrator.OBJECTIVESVIRTUE's main project objectives are:1. To develop the innovative technology necessary to produce a convincing impression of presence in a semi-immersive teleconferencing system;2. To integrate and demonstrate a telepresence system incorporating such innovative techniques;3. To investigate the human factors involved in maximising the effectiveness and realism of telepresence and to use them to drive the design of the system.DESCRIPTION OF WORKThe project consists of five logical phases listed in chronological order below although they overlap significantly in start and end dates:- Requirements (based on human factors and technical issues);- Algorithm development (image acquisition and rendering algorithms suitable to be ported to the real-time platform);- Real-time platform implementation ( developing a real-time image processing platform and implementing the algorithms upon it);- System implementation (development of the system components including audio and video coding, virtual environment and construction of the complete end-to-end system incorporating the real-time platform);- Assessment (technical and user assessment tests) In addition, Human Factors experiments will be performed in parallel with these technology developments.The project therefore consists of five workpackages as follows:- Algorithms - this workpackage will develop novel image processing algorithms for telepresence videoconferencing that are suitable to be ported t the real-time platform;- Real-time platform - development of a real-time platform for analysis and rendering and porting the code developed in the Algorithms workpackage to it;- System - construction of an end-to-end system including physical system set-up, coding, transmission and display;- Human factors - user requirements analysis, human factors experiments on each of the key features of the system and system evaluation;-Management - management of the project including planning, proactive management, tracking progress and taking corrective actions when required, reporting, publicity and exploitation plans. Campo scientifico engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensorsoptical sensorsnatural sciencescomputer and information sciencesartificial intelligencecomputer visionsocial sciencespsychologyergonomics Programma(i) FP5-IST - Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on a "User-friendly information society, 1998-2002" Argomento(i) 1.1.2.-4.4.2 - Large scale shared virtual and augmented environments Invito a presentare proposte Data not available Meccanismo di finanziamento CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinatore BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PLC Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo 81 NEWGATE STREET EC1A 7AJ LONDON Regno Unito Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato Partecipanti (5) Classifica in ordine alfabetico Classifica per Contributo UE Espandi tutto Riduci tutto FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V Germania Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo Hansastrasse 27C MUENCHEN Mostra sulla mappa Collegamenti Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato HERIOT-WATT UNIVERSITY Regno Unito Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo RICCARTON EH14 4AS EDINBURGH Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato NETHERLANDS ORGANISATION FOR APPLIED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH - TNO Paesi Bassi Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo SCHOEMAKERSTRAAT 97 2628 VK DELFT Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato SONY UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED Regno Unito Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo THE HEIGHTS, BROOKLANDS KT13 0XW WEYBRIDGE Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT Paesi Bassi Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo JULIANALAAN 134 2628 BL DELFT Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato