TY  - CHAP
U1  - Konferenzveröffentlichung
A1  - Horst, Robin
A1  - Alberternst, Sebastian
A1  - Sutter, Jan
A1  - Slusallek, Philipp
A1  - Kloos, Uwe
A1  - Dörner, Ralf
ED  - Cláudio, Ana Paula
T1  - A video-texture based approach for realistic avatars of co-located users in immersive virtual environments using low-cost hardware
T2  - VISIGRAPP 2019 : proceedings of the 14th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications : Prague, Czech Republic, February 25-27, 2019  - Vol 1. GRAPP
N2  - Representing users within an immersive virtual environment is an essential functionality of a multi-person virtual reality system. Especially when communicative or collaborative tasks must be performed, there exist challenges about realistic embodying and integrating such avatar representations. A shared comprehension of local space and non-verbal communication (like gesture, posture or self-expressive cues) can support these tasks. In this paper, we introduce a novel approach to create realistic, video-texture based avatars of colocated users in real-time and integrate them in an immersive virtual environment. We show a straight forward and low-cost hard- and software solution to do so. We discuss technical design problems that arose during implementation and present a qualitative analysis on the usability of the concept from a user study, applying it to a training scenario in the automotive sector.
KW  - mixed reality
KW  - video avatar
KW  - multi-user environments
KW  - low-cost
KW  - computer-supported cooperative work
KW  - image segmentation
Y1  - 2019
SN  - 978-989-758-354-4
SB  - 978-989-758-354-4
U6  - https://doi.org/10.5220/0007311602090216
DO  - https://doi.org/10.5220/0007311602090216
SP  - 8
S1  - 8
PB  - SCITEPRESS
CY  - Setúbal, Portugal
ER  -