Authors:
Maarten Dumont
1
;
Sammy Rogmans
2
;
Steven Maesen
1
;
Karel Frederix
1
;
Johannes Taelman
1
and
Philippe Bekaert
1
Affiliations:
1
Hasselt University, Belgium
;
2
Hasselt University and IMEC, Belgium
Keyword(s):
Immersive environment, Office of the future, Multitouch surface, Virtual camera, Multiprojector.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Design and Implementation of Signal Processing Systems
;
Human-Machine Interface
;
Location Based Applications
;
Multimedia
;
Multimedia Systems and Applications
;
Telecommunications
Abstract:
In this paper, we present our work in building a prototype office environment for computer-supported collaborative work, that spatially – and auditorially – immerses the participants, as if the augmented and virtual generated environment was a true extension of the physical office. To realize this, we have integrated various hardware, computer vision and graphics technologies from either existing state-of-the-art, but mostly from knowledge and expertise in our research center. The fundamental components of such an office of the future, i.e. image-based modeling, rendering and spatial immersiveness, are illustrated together with surface computing and advanced audio processing, to go even beyond the original concept.