TY  - JOUR
IS  - 2
N1  - This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher?s terms and conditions.
VL  - 38
SP  - 89
JF  - IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications
A1  - Kishore, S
A1  - Navarro, X
A1  - Dominguez, E
A1  - De La Pena, N
A1  - Slater, M
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1109/MCG.2017.2801407
SN  - 0272-1716
TI  - Beaming into the News: A System for and Case Study of Tele-Immersive Journalism
AV  - public
Y1  - 2018/03//
EP  - 101
KW  - Humanoid robots
KW  -  Telepresence
KW  -  Robot sensing systems
KW  - 
Real-time systems
KW  -  Tracking
KW  -  Streaming media
KW  -  Virtual reality
N2  - We show how a combination of virtual reality and robotics can be used to beam a physical representation of a person to a distant location, and describe an application of this system in the context of journalism. Full body motion capture data of a person is streamed and mapped in real time, onto the limbs of a humanoid robot present at the remote location. A pair of cameras in the robots eyes stream stereoscopic video back to the HMD worn by the visitor, and a two-way audio connection allows the visitor to talk to people in the remote destination. By fusing the multisensory data of the visitor with the robot, the visitors consciousness is transformed to the robots body. This system was used by a journalist to interview a neuroscientist and a chef 900 miles distant, about food for the brain, resulting in an article published in the popular press.
ID  - discovery10073409
PB  - IEEE COMPUTER SOC
ER  -