November 8, 2019　　Friday Lunch Seminar
12:15 〜 13:00

CiNet　1F　Conference Room

“Real-Time Mixed-Reality Telepresence”

Michal Joachimczak

Researcher
Brain Function Analysis and Imaging Laboratory, CiNet, NICT

Host PI: Hiroshi Ando

Abstract:

The recently emerging mixed reality (MR) technology allows to blend virtual 3D imagery with the real world. To study how MR can enhance ong-distance human interactions and teleoperation, we created an MR elepresence system that performs real-time 3D reconstruction of a person or an object and wirelessly transmits it to MR head-mounte display (Microsoft’s Hololens). This allows users to see and hear a remote person as if they were in front of them and part of their environment.

MR also serves as a promising experimental tool to study various factors crucial for natural human interactions because we can manipulate physical properties of a recreated 3D person or object while showing the real environment unchanged.

During the talk, I will introduce the system and run a live demo during which everyone is welcome to try. I will also discuss our MR experiment which investigated how different types of 3D representations of remote person influence stress and the sense of presence during social interaction.

About CiNet’s Friday Lunch Seminars:
The Friday Lunch Seminar is CiNet’s main regular meeting series, held every week at 12:15 in the beautiful main lecture theatre on the ground floor at CiNet. The talks are typically 40mins long and orientated towards an inter-disciplinary audience. They are informal, social, and most people bring their own lunch to eat during the talk. They are open to anyone who is feeling curious and wants to come, regardless of where you work.