Immersive Spaces

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Immersive Spaces

• High Definition Video Conferencing Research
  Project
• UBC in partnership with
• McGill University
• Mark Zuberbuhler
• Executive Producer - UBC Telestudios

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Agenda

• Project Overview
• Participants
• Technology
• Objectives
• Project Outline

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Project Overview

• 2 year research project
• High- Definition video
• Ultra videoconferencing
• Technical Perspective
• People Perspective
• Faculty engagement
• Create shared spaces

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Participants

• UBC Information Technology
• UBC Telestudios - project location, project lead
  at UBC
• Canarie, BCNET and RISQ
• McGill University - overall project
  lead/expertise in video and audio transmission
  engineering
• Potential participation from Faculty of Music,
  Continuing Medical Education, Agriculture Science
• Open to interested participants

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Technology

• Plasma screens - crystal clear picture quality
• High Definition video cameras - detailed image
• End-to-end lightpath capability
• 4 Gps uncompressed video
• Software development

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Objectives

• Technical Perspective - network latency,
  hardware, software
• People Perspective - how does this type of
  technology impact collaborative connections
  between people?
• Does using high-definition video create a shared
  space experience ?

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Project Outline

• Stage 1 - technical set-up including video
  equipment and network connectivity - project
  website to be developed
• Stage 2 - video and audio operational testing
• Stage 3 - multicast transmissions demonstrated
• Teaching sessions, musical jam sessions,
  collaborative meetings
• Stage 4 - Project analysis and report developed

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Future

• Utilize this technology at UBC O -
• teaching and collaboration
• Potential use in rural Medicine
• Connection to the Research Channel
• Collaborations such as Internet 2

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Set-Up at McGill
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Thank You

• Any questions ?