Internet2 and examples of

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• Internet2 and examples of
• advanced digital technologies

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• Internet2

• research consortium
• super-fast high bandwidth network
• (Abilene OC48 2.4 Gbit/s)
• new services quality of service (QoS), new
  security algorithms (authentication and
  authorization)
• new user interfaces, new tools for remote
  collaboration, new devices

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• Internet2 applications

• need almost instantaneous (real-time) response,
  and / or
• requires transmission of huge amount of data
• communication between human and system
• communication between humans
• communication between systems

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to provide remote access to globally distributed
terabyte datasets and real-time tools for
exploring that data
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• National Tele-immersion Initiative
• (NTII) 1997 present

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• A vision of a tele-immersive system, as seen by
  an artist in 1997

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projectors
display
cameras
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3-site Remote Demo
UNC (OC12 622 Mbit/s )
UPenn (OC3 155 Mbit/s))
Armonk (OC3)
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Camera Arrangement

• sea of cameras semicircle
• made of 7 cameras

• C4 data

• C5 data

• C3 data

PC3

• C4 data

PC2
PC4

• C6 data

• C4

• C5 data

• C3 data

• C2 data

• C3

• C5

PC1
PC5

• C2

• C6

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• C1

• C7

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• Final demo (May 2000) 3D acquisition only

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• October 2000 3D acquisition synthetic objects

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Vision, as seen in 1997
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• - roll the tape -

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• CAVE and CAVE-like systems

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• ImmersaDesk

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• CAVE

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• CAVE kitchen environment

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• Shutter
• glasses

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• Pinch Glove

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• Haptic devices

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• Virtual Technologies, Inc.
• Cybergrasp force feedback glove

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• Southern Methodist University
• Pneumatic Haptic Interface

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• Sensable Technologies, Inc.
• PHANToM

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• MPB Technologies
• Freedom 6S
• Haptic Device

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• Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe
• Tactile Display

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• Wearable computing

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• Augmented Reality

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• University of Essex

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• Steve Mann (Canada)

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• MicroOptical

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• MIT Media Lab
• MIThril

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• University of Oregon

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• Eyematic

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