Immersive telepresence system with a locomotion interface using high-resolution omnidirectional videos

This paper describes a novel telepresence system which enables users to walk through a photorealistic virtualized environment by actual walking. In this system, a wide-angle high-resolution video is projected on an immersive multi- screen display and a treadmill is controlled according to user’s locomotion. Calibration and motion estimation of a camera system are performed to enhance quality of pre- sented images. The proposed system provides users with rich sense of walking in a remote site.
MVA 2005 : IAPR Conference on Machine Vision Applications , May 16-18, 2005 , Tsukuba, Japan