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SIAMC: a socially immersive avatar mediated communication platform

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Marc Erich Latoschik,

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VRST '16: Proceedings of the 22nd ACM Conference on Virtual Reality Software and Technology

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In this paper, we present a avatar-mediated communication platform for socially immersive interaction in virtual reality (VR). Our approach is based on the combination of body tracking, facial expression tracking and "fishtank" VR. Our prototype enables two remote users to communicate via avatars.

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DOI:10.1145/2993369

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