Immersive Service Interfaces develops a massively scalable online immersive environment: thousands of users can collaborate in a virtual world using their real-world images captured by regular webcams and realistic rendering of voice. Ground-breaking advances in distributed communication protocols allow us to deliver superior scalability using existing computing and networking capabilities.

Immersive Service Interfaces develops a massively scalable online immersive environment: thousands of users can collaborate in a virtual world using their real-world images captured by regular webcams and realistic rendering of voice. Ground-breaking advances in distributed communication protocols allow us to deliver superior scalability using existing computing and networking capabilities.

Objectives:

• Sustain our technological leadership in the immersive delivery of services
• Understand the social context for driving the creation of new immersive services
• Improve productivity and effectiveness of education in immersive environments

Outcomes:

• A research prototype of an immersive service delivery environment with hybrid peer-to-peer capability, test results, user evaluation data and documentation
• Proof-of-concept demonstrator of an immersive Free Viewpoint Multimedia technology for bringing real-world artefacts into a virtual world in high definition
• Ongoing watch for opportunities in serious uses of avatars and virtual worlds
• Prototype for flexibly delivering teaching and training in immersive environments