Presentation 2012-08-18
Implement of Simple Multi-party Video Chatting System Focused on Direction of Participants' Gaze : Operation and Effectiveness of Ptolemaeus
Saori YAMAMOTO, Nozomu TERAYA, Yumika NAKAMURA, Narumi WATANABE, Yande LIN, Yugo TAKEUCHI,
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Abstract(in English) This paper shows a prototype system that provides a natural multi-party conversation environment among participants in different places. Eye gaze is an important feature for maintaining smooth multi-party conversations because it indicates whom the speech is addressing or nominates the next speaker. Nevertheless, most popular video conversation systems, such as Skype or FaceTime, do not support the interaction of eye gaze. Serious confusion is caused in multi-party video conversation systems that have no eye gaze support. For example, who is the addressee of the speech? Who is the next speaker? We propose a simple multi-party video conversation environment called Ptolemaeus that realizes eye gaze interaction among more than three participants without any special equipment. This system provides natural turn-taking in face-to-face video conversations and can be implemented more easily than former schemes concerned with eye gaze interaction.
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Keyword(in English) Multi-party video chatting / Gaze / Addressing / Interaction
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Conference Date 2012/8/11(1days)
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Title (in English) Implement of Simple Multi-party Video Chatting System Focused on Direction of Participants' Gaze : Operation and Effectiveness of Ptolemaeus
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Keyword(1) Multi-party video chatting
Keyword(2) Gaze
Keyword(3) Addressing
Keyword(4) Interaction
1st Author's Name Saori YAMAMOTO
1st Author's Affiliation Faculty of Informatics, Shizuoka University()
2nd Author's Name Nozomu TERAYA
2nd Author's Affiliation Faculty of Informatics, Shizuoka University
3rd Author's Name Yumika NAKAMURA
3rd Author's Affiliation Faculty of Informatics, Shizuoka University
4th Author's Name Narumi WATANABE
4th Author's Affiliation Faculty of Informatics, Shizuoka University
5th Author's Name Yande LIN
5th Author's Affiliation Faculty of Informatics, Shizuoka University
6th Author's Name Yugo TAKEUCHI
6th Author's Affiliation Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University
Date 2012-08-18
Paper # HCS2012-38
Volume (vol) vol.112
Number (no) 176
Page pp.pp.-
#Pages 6
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