JackIn HeadFirst of two posts covering the fascinating work of Rekimoto Lab
in the field of telepresence.
In this project,a headband that can capture spherical video to offer first person and stabilized third person viewpoints of captured video:
Jack-In Head (*1) is an immersive experience transmission architecture with a wearable omnidirectional camera for Human to Human Telepresence” . In Jack-In Head, the first person wears a head gear with an omnidirectional camera and the omnidirectional video are stabilised to decouple ego-motion and transmitted to others. Other persons can virtually search for around the immersive visual experience with his or her own head motion with HMD. This can put a person in someone elses head and communicate each other without feeling dizzy, or even enable individual viewing interaction.
Immersive experience transmission by Jack-In Head has wide applications including entertainment and content distribution (i.e.,the audience can share the view from professional sports player), communication such as virtually travel or shopping together, or educational teaching or professional training. More Here
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