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HandsIn3D: Supporting remote guidance with immersive virtual environments
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Huang, W and Alem, L and Tecchia, F, HandsIn3D: Supporting remote guidance with immersive virtual environments, Proceedings of INTERACT 2013, 2-6 September 2013, Cape Town, South Africa, pp. 70-77. (2013) [Refereed Conference Paper]
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40483-2_5
Abstract
A collaboration scenario involving a remote helper guiding in real
time a local worker in performing a task on physical objects is common in a
wide range of industries including health, mining and manufacturing. An
established ICT approach to supporting this type of collaboration is to provide a
shared visual space and some form of remote gesture. The shared space and
remote gesture are generally presented in a 2D video form. Recent research in
tele-presence has indicated that technologies that support co-presence and
immersion not only improve the process of collaboration but also improve
spatial awareness of the remote participant. We therefore propose a novel
approach to developing a 3D system based on a 3D shared space and 3D hand
gestures. A proof of concept system for remote guidance called HandsIn3D has
been developed. This system uses a head tracked stereoscopic HMD that allows
the helper to be immersed in the virtual 3D space of the worker’s workspace.
The system captures in 3D the hands of the helper and fuses the hands into the
shared workspace. This paper introduces HandsIn3D and presents a user study
to demonstrate the feasibility of our approach.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Conference Paper |
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Keywords: | remote collaboration; co-presence, mixed reality, hand gesture, shared visual space |
Research Division: | Information and Computing Sciences |
Research Group: | Library and information studies |
Research Field: | Human information interaction and retrieval |
Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in the information and computing sciences |
UTAS Author: | Huang, W (Dr Tony Huang) |
ID Code: | 90139 |
Year Published: | 2013 |
Deposited By: | Information and Communication Technology |
Deposited On: | 2014-03-27 |
Last Modified: | 2017-11-20 |
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