| EPSRC Reference: |
EP/C511824/1 |
| Title: |
Presence In Virtual Light Fields |
| Principal Investigator: |
Slater, Professor M |
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| Department: |
Computer Science |
| Organisation: |
UCL |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 November 2004 |
Ends: |
30 November 2007 |
Value (£): |
513,609
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Computer Graphics & Visual. |
Human-Computer Interactions |
| Image & Vision Computing |
Vision & Senses - ICT appl. |
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There are two main and related topics of research in this proposal. The first is further enhancement of the virtual light field propagation and rendering systems. This system, developed under an earlier EPSRC project, supports global illumination at interactive speeds. The second goal is to take the VLF system including enhancements that would be introduced within this project, and use these to explore the concept of presence in virtual environments. Presence is the extent to which a person's behaviour and feelings are realistic in relation to the world depicted in the virtual reality. At the technological level this particular goal is to use the current and later more advanced VLF system to produce a real-time implementation that works in UCL's ReaCTor (Cave-like) system and also in a head-mounted head-tracked display system. At the human factors level the goal is to carry out studies that expose participants to globally illuminated environments, including environments where reflections and shadows of their body are updated in realtime. A major hypothesis is that presence is likely to be enhanced through this further anchoring of the participant's body into visual sensory data representing the VE. This will be assessed empirically through experimentation with users.
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