28-01-2012, 04:32 PM
TELE IMMERSION
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Virtual Reality
Definition:
A computer generated,
‘immersive’ (or wide field),
multi-sensory information
program which tracks a
user in real time
TELE IMMERSION
Tele-Immersion is the synthesis
of Virtual Reality, video
conferencing, and advanced
computation
Hardware and software technologies needed:
3D real-time system for acquisition of
dynamic, real objects (Upenn)
- static scene acquisition (UNC)
- rendering and stereo display architecture
(UNC)
- high precision headtracking system
(UNC)
- modeling and manipulation with virtual
objects (Brown)
- multi-person interaction and collaborative
architecture (Brown)
Applications:
- tele-diagnostics
- tele-assisted surgery
- advanced surgical training
- preoperative planning
Other:
- tele-meetings
- tele-collaborative design
- computer supported training and education
- 3D interactive video
- entertainment
Advantages
Eliminates the barriers of space and
time.
Conclusion
In order to encourage applications, a better
level of communication among network
engineers, application programmers, and
scientists needs to be supported. The
nomenclature and styles of networking access
and engineering are essentially totally disjoint
from the way application programmers and
computational scientists write programs and
use computers. Security and Acceptable Use
Policy (AUP) considerations are typically
idiosyncratic at computer sites, yet need to be
uniform, or at least interoperable, for networks
to support applications.
