Sharing one's own immersive experience over the Internet is one of the ultimate goals of
telepresence technology. In this paper, we present JackIn Head, a visual telepresence
system featuring an omnidirectional wearable camera with image motion stabilization.
Spherical omnidirectional video footage taken around the head of a local user is stabilized
and then broadcast to others, allowing remote users to explore the immersive visual
environment independently of the local user's head direction. We describe the system …

Remote collaboration to share abilities over the Internet is one of the ultimate goals of
telepresence technology. In this paper, we present JackIn Head, a visual telepresence
system with an omnidirectional wearable camera with image motion stabilization. Spherical
omnidirectional video footage taken around the head of a local user is stabilized and then
broadcast to others, allowing remote users to explore the scene independently of the local
user's head direction. We describe the system design of JackIn Head and report the …