Please join us for a talk by Ruzena Bajcsy, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at UC Berkeley, entitled "Tele-immersion for EVErybody (TEEVE).

Tele-immersion for EVErybody (TEEVE).

by Ruzena Bajcsy, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at UC Berkeley

12:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 6 in 290 HMMB, UC Berkeley

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Part of the CITRIS Research Exchange at UC Berkeley. The complete schedule for the fall semester is online at RE-fall2006.

As always, these talks are free, open to the public and broadcast live online at mms://media.citris.berkeley.edu/webcast.

Abstract:
This presentation will begin with the description of our teleimmersive technology, which is the basis for facilitating interaction and collaboration in geographically distance locations. Next, we will analyze critical issues involved in running the hardware and software of this system, such as the calibration of many cameras, real-time reconstruction of images of three-dimensional objects and people, real time display and networking. At the end, we will show a performance of coordinated dance events between artists at Berkeley and Illinois. Finally, we will discuss some ethical and philosophical questions that this technology raises.

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