eprintid: 10073409
rev_number: 20
eprint_status: archive
userid: 608
dir: disk0/10/07/34/09
datestamp: 2019-05-13 14:44:42
lastmod: 2021-10-09 22:56:18
status_changed: 2019-05-13 14:44:42
type: article
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Kishore, S
creators_name: Navarro, X
creators_name: Dominguez, E
creators_name: De La Pena, N
creators_name: Slater, M
title: Beaming into the News: A System for and Case Study of Tele-Immersive Journalism
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: B04
divisions: C05
divisions: F48
keywords: Humanoid robots, Telepresence, Robot sensing systems,
Real-time systems, Tracking, Streaming media, Virtual reality
note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
abstract: 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.
date: 2018-03
date_type: published
publisher: IEEE COMPUTER SOC
official_url: https://doi.org/10.1109/MCG.2017.2801407
oa_status: green
full_text_type: other
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 1554960
doi: 10.1109/MCG.2017.2801407
lyricists_name: Slater, Melvyn
lyricists_id: MSLAT78
actors_name: Slater, Melvyn
actors_id: MSLAT78
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
publication: IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications
volume: 38
number: 2
pagerange: 89-101
pages: 13
issn: 0272-1716
citation:        Kishore, S;    Navarro, X;    Dominguez, E;    De La Pena, N;    Slater, M;      (2018)    Beaming into the News: A System for and Case Study of Tele-Immersive Journalism.                   IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications , 38  (2)   pp. 89-101.    10.1109/MCG.2017.2801407 <https://doi.org/10.1109/MCG.2017.2801407>.       Green open access   
 
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