Enhancing our lives with immersive virtual reality

M Slater, MV Sanchez-Vives - Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Virtual reality (VR) started about 50 years ago in a form we would recognize today [stereo
head-mounted display (HMD), head tracking, computer graphics generated images] …

The effects of sharing awareness cues in collaborative mixed reality

T Piumsomboon, A Dey, B Ens, G Lee… - Frontiers in Robotics …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Augmented and Virtual Reality provide unique capabilities for Mixed Reality collaboration.
This paper explores how different combinations of virtual awareness cues can provide users …

Telepresence in the Recent Literature with a Focus on Robotic Platforms, Applications and Challenges

K Youssef, S Said, S Al Kork, T Beyrouthy - Robotics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Three decades ago, telepresence was presented as an idea in the context of remote work
and manipulation. Since then, it has evolved into a field combining different technologies …

Avatars for teleconsultation: Effects of avatar embodiment techniques on user perception in 3d asymmetric telepresence

K Yu, G Gorbachev, U Eck, F Pankratz… - … on Visualization and …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A 3D Telepresence system allows users to interact with each other in a virtual, mixed, or
augmented reality (VR, MR, AR) environment, creating a shared space for collaboration and …

Augmented virtual teleportation for high-fidelity telecollaboration

T Rhee, S Thompson, D Medeiros… - IEEE transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Telecollaboration involves the teleportation of a remote collaborator to another real-world
environment where their partner is located. The fidelity of the environment plays an …

Technologies for social augmentations in user-embodied virtual reality

D Roth, G Bente, P Kullmann, D Mal, CF Purps… - Proceedings of the 25th …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
Technologies for Virtual, Mixed, and Augmented Reality (VR, MR, and AR) allow to
artificially augment social interactions and thus to go beyond what is possible in real life …

Virtual co-embodiment: evaluation of the sense of agency while sharing the control of a virtual body among two individuals

R Fribourg, N Ogawa, L Hoyet… - … on Visualization and …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, we introduce a concept called “virtual co-embodiment”, which enables a user
to share their virtual avatar with another entity (eg, another user, robot, or autonomous …

A composite framework of co-located asymmetric virtual reality

KM Ouverson, SB Gilbert - Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
As the variety of possible interactions with virtual reality (VR) continues to expand,
researchers need a way to relate these interactions to users' needs and goals in ways that …

Embodiment into a robot increases its acceptability

J Ventre-Dominey, G Gibert, M Bosse-Platiere… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Recent studies have shown how embodiment induced by multisensory bodily interactions
between individuals can positively change social attitudes (closeness, empathy, racial …

Volumetric mixed reality telepresence for real-time cross modality collaboration

A Irlitti, M Latifoglu, Q Zhou, MN Reinoso… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Mixed-reality telepresence allows local and remote users feel as if they are present together
in the same space. In this paper we report on a mixed-reality volumetric telepresence system …