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Social VR Platform: Building 360-degree Shared VR Spaces

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Simon N.B. Gunkel,

Martin Prins,

Hans Stokking,

Omar NiamutAuthors Info & Claims

TVX '17 Adjunct: Adjunct Publication of the 2017 ACM International Conference on Interactive Experiences for TV and Online Video

Pages 83 - 84

https://doi.org/10.1145/3084289.3089914

Published: 14 June 2017 Publication History

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Virtual Reality (VR) and 360-degree video are set to become part of the future social environment, enriching and enhancing the way we share experiences and collaborate remotely. In this demo, we present our ongoing efforts towards social and shared VR; a modular web based VR framework that extends current video conferencing capabilities with new VR functionalities. The framework allows for two people to come together for mediated audio-visual interaction, while engaging in (interactive) content. First results show that a majority of users appreciate the quality and feel highly immersed and present. Thus, with our demo we show that current web technologies can enable a high level of engagement and interaction in VR.

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S. Gunkel, M. Prins, H. Stokking, and O. Niamut, "WebVR Meets WebRTC: Towards 360-Degree Social VR Experiences", Proc. IEEE VR 2017, p. 457--458 Figure 2: User Space A Figure 3: Architecture Figure 4: User Space B

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Social VR Platform: Building 360-degree Shared VR Spaces
1. Information systems
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    1. Multimedia information systems
  2. World Wide Web
    1. Web applications
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TVX '17 Adjunct: Adjunct Publication of the 2017 ACM International Conference on Interactive Experiences for TV and Online Video

June 2017

144 pages

ISBN:9781450350235

DOI:10.1145/3084289

General Chairs:
Judith Redi
Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
,
Omar Niamut
TNO, The Netherlands
,
Dick Bulterman
Amsterdam Free University, The Netherlands
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Program Chairs:
Wendy van den Broeck
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
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Mike Darnell
Samsung, USA
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Roger Zimmermann
NUS, Singapore

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