Tangible video communication over the Internet

Video-conferencing and video phone calls are common nowadays. However more immersion can be achieved if we not only see and hear but also physically feel each other. In contrast to previous attempts which were mostly setting up integral video-haptic communication systems, we propose a different way...

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Main Authors: Guo, Song, Sourin, Alexei
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1431852020-08-11T09:08:03Z Tangible video communication over the Internet Guo, Song Sourin, Alexei School of Computer Science and Engineering Computer Graphics International 2018 (CGI 2018) Engineering::Computer science and engineering Haptic Interaction New User-computer Interfaces Video-conferencing and video phone calls are common nowadays. However more immersion can be achieved if we not only see and hear but also physically feel each other. In contrast to previous attempts which were mostly setting up integral video-haptic communication systems, we propose a different way where we use any existing video communication tools while asynchronously exchanging over the Internet cloud server very little data packets containing only haptic interaction data. In case of desktop haptic devices, we only exchange between the participating computers haptic interface point coordinates, orientation angles of the device handles and computed force vectors. More options for haptic communication appear when we replace common video cameras with depth-sensing cameras and hand-tracking devices. Then, motion of the hand, arm or even the whole body of one party can be both seen and physically felt by the other party participating in such Internet tangible video communication. We validated the proposed way of communication by technical measurements of the transmission times over the LAN and Amazon Cloud server, as well as by conducting a successful user study. Accepted version 2020-08-11T09:08:03Z 2020-08-11T09:08:03Z 2018 Conference Paper Guo, S., & Sourin, A. (2018). Tangible video communication over the Internet. Proceedings of the Computer Graphics International 2018, 253-260. doi:10.1145/3208159.3208183 978-1-4503-6401-0 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/143185 10.1145/3208159.3208183 2-s2.0-85062864391 253 260 en © 2018 Association for Computing Machinery. All rights reserved. This paper was published in Proceedings of the Computer Graphics International 2018 and is made available with permission of Association for Computing Machinery. application/pdf
institution Nanyang Technological University
building NTU Library
country Singapore
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language English
topic Engineering::Computer science and engineering
Haptic Interaction
New User-computer Interfaces
spellingShingle Engineering::Computer science and engineering
Haptic Interaction
New User-computer Interfaces
Guo, Song
Sourin, Alexei
Tangible video communication over the Internet
description Video-conferencing and video phone calls are common nowadays. However more immersion can be achieved if we not only see and hear but also physically feel each other. In contrast to previous attempts which were mostly setting up integral video-haptic communication systems, we propose a different way where we use any existing video communication tools while asynchronously exchanging over the Internet cloud server very little data packets containing only haptic interaction data. In case of desktop haptic devices, we only exchange between the participating computers haptic interface point coordinates, orientation angles of the device handles and computed force vectors. More options for haptic communication appear when we replace common video cameras with depth-sensing cameras and hand-tracking devices. Then, motion of the hand, arm or even the whole body of one party can be both seen and physically felt by the other party participating in such Internet tangible video communication. We validated the proposed way of communication by technical measurements of the transmission times over the LAN and Amazon Cloud server, as well as by conducting a successful user study.
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title Tangible video communication over the Internet
title_short Tangible video communication over the Internet
title_full Tangible video communication over the Internet
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