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Hybrid avatars: enabling co-presence in multiple realities

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Web3D '16: Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Web3D Technology

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https://doi.org/10.1145/2945292.2945308

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Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) technologies are quickly making their way into people's everyday lives. Typically, these technologies are used separately to create either plain VR or AR applications rather than harnessing the possibilities of combining the two. In this position paper, we introduce a novel concept of hybrid avatar that enables avatar-based interactions between VR and AR users visiting the same place both in the real world and its virtual counterpart. We illustrate a generic architecture for implementing hybrid avatar interactions, present our prototype implementation and discuss the implementation related challenges. Main contribution of this paper is to provide new ideas for research on the areas of VR, AR, and hybrid reality.

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Pakanen MAlavesa Pvan Berkel NKoskela TOjala T(2022)“Nice to see you virtually”: Thoughtful design and evaluation of virtual avatar of the other user in AR and VR based telexistence systemsEntertainment Computing10.1016/j.entcom.2021.10045740(100457)Online publication date: Jan-2022
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Ferreira MGarcía LMota MSerique BPrates RCandello H(2018)Requirements for Avatar in Virtual Environment of Support Learning in the Literacy of Deaf People in Portuguese Mediated by LIBRASProceedings of the 17th Brazilian Symposium on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3274192.3274241(1-6)Online publication date: 22-Oct-2018
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Hybrid avatars: enabling co-presence in multiple realities
1. Computing methodologies
  1. Computer graphics
    1. Graphics systems and interfaces
      1. Mixed / augmented reality
      2. Virtual reality
2. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction paradigms

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Schaumann DDuvdevani NElya ALevin ISofer TDrusinsky BOzery ERaz OFeldman T(2023)Coupling Co-presence in Physical and Virtual Environments Toward Hybrid PlacesComputer-Aided Architectural Design. INTERCONNECTIONS: Co-computing Beyond Boundaries10.1007/978-3-031-37189-9_35(532-546)Online publication date: 5-Jul-2023
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-37189-9_35
Pakanen MAlavesa Pvan Berkel NKoskela TOjala T(2022)“Nice to see you virtually”: Thoughtful design and evaluation of virtual avatar of the other user in AR and VR based telexistence systemsEntertainment Computing10.1016/j.entcom.2021.10045740(100457)Online publication date: Jan-2022
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Ferreira MGarcía LMota MSerique BPrates RCandello H(2018)Requirements for Avatar in Virtual Environment of Support Learning in the Literacy of Deaf People in Portuguese Mediated by LIBRASProceedings of the 17th Brazilian Symposium on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3274192.3274241(1-6)Online publication date: 22-Oct-2018
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