- HP Labs
Abstract:
BiReality uses a teleoperated robotic surrogate to visit remote
locations as a substitute for physical travel. Our goal is to create to
the greatest extent practical, both for the user and the people at the
remote location, the sensory experience relevant for business
interactions of the user actually being in the remote location. Our
second-generation system provides a 360-degree surround immersive audio
and visual experience for both the user and remote participants, and
streams eight 720x480 MPEG-2 videos totaling almost 20Mb/s over 802.11a
wireless networking. The system preserves gaze and eye contact,
presents local and remote participants to each other at life size, and
preserves the head height of the user at the remote location. This talk
focuses on some of the system challenges inherent in the project, and
includes a short video demonstration.
Bio:
Norman P. Jouppi is currently a Fellow at HP Labs in Palo Alto,
California. He received his PhD in Electrical Engineering from Stanford
University and joined Digital Equipment Corporation's Western Research
Lab in 1984. From 1984 through 1996 he was also a consulting
assistant/associate professor in the department of Electrical
Engineering at Stanford University. He was the principal architect of
four microprocessors, and also contributed to the design of several
graphics accelerators. His current research interests include audio,
video, and physical telepresence as well as computer systems
architecture.
