The EU Beaming project aims to give people a real sense of physically being in a remote location with other people, and vice versa, without actually physically travelling. When we interact with others we pay the most attention to the face because it conveys eye gaze, head movement, expressions and gestures and are used as a crucial channel of communication. Therefore, we propose the use of spherical displays to represent telepresent visitors’ head at a remote location.

Group Collaboration in three heterogeneous systems: CAVE, XIM and Real-world

Presenccia in Second Life

The project aimed to support eye-gaze as a key interaction resource in collaboration. The virtual characters are controlled by human subjects in a cave-like facility (immersive virtual environment).  Low-latency precision head-tracking allows distortion-free and lag-free movement through the virtual environment. Interaction with and navigation through the environment are achieved via a hand-held tracking unit. The eyes are controlled by head-mounted eye trackers.