Telepresence: Understanding People as Content
- 1 April 2000
- journal article
- Published by MIT Press in PRESENCE: Virtual and Augmented Reality
- Vol. 9 (2) , 119-136
- https://doi.org/10.1162/105474600566673
Abstract
BT is a leading international supplier of telepresence in the form of telephony. Tele-presence enables “people as content”, and there are rapidly developing and wide-ranging opportunities for broadband, mobile, multimedia telepresence services. This paper outlines work in progress at BT Adastral Park, including projects on large-scale inhabited applications, networked immersion or “through-the-screen” conferencing, and wearable computing for ubiquitous telepresence. We conclude that research into future services requires a reappraisal of traditional methods, with an emphasis on multidisciplinary collaboration.Keywords
This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
- Spatial conferencing using a wearable computerPersonal and Ubiquitous Computing, 1999
- True-view Videoconferencing System Through 3-D Impression of TelepresenceBT Technology Journal, 1999
- Multi-modal PerceptionBT Technology Journal, 1999
- Whither Engineering? — Thinking for the FutureBT Technology Journal, 1999
- Spatial information displays on a wearable computerIEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 1998
- Augmented Reality through Wearable ComputingPRESENCE: Virtual and Augmented Reality, 1997
- Networked information managementBT Technology Journal, 1997
- Interactive collaborative media environmentsBT Technology Journal, 1997
- A distortion measure for blocking artifacts in images based on human visual sensitivityIEEE Transactions on Image Processing, 1995
- The Computer for the 21st CenturyScientific American, 1991