Personal telepresence: an interactive multimedia workstation

Mike Pihlman; Renee E. Farrell

doi:10.1117/12.171690

1 April 1994 Personal telepresence: an interactive multimedia workstation

Mike Pihlman, Renee E. Farrell

Proceedings Volume 2188, High-Speed Networking and Multimedia Computing; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.171690
Event: IS&T/SPIE 1994 International Symposium on Electronic Imaging: Science and Technology, 1994, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

Personal Telepresence is an interactive multimedia tool that allows individuals or groups to, affordably, meet with remotely located individuals or groups--from their desktop--as if they were all in the same location. A Personal Telepresence workstation would include telephony, computer, desktop videoconferencing, groupware, and graphics capability on a single platform. The user interface presented will allow natural, face-to-face interaction between all those involved in `virtual' meeting, classroom, office or manufacturing problem solving sessions. Files could be opened and placed on a virtual `conference table' where changes could be made interactively by any or all the `meeting' participants. `Copies' of the files can be made, `stapled' together, and given to each of the attendees. The desktop would include a `whiteboard' for brainstorming sessions and a `projector screen' to display movies, video mail, and/or the results of a simulation program. This paper discusses desktop collaboration needs and the Personal Telepresence project at LLNL.

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Mike Pihlman and Renee E. Farrell "Personal telepresence: an interactive multimedia workstation", Proc. SPIE 2188, High-Speed Networking and Multimedia Computing, (1 April 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.171690

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