IMMERSCOM - 3rd International ICST conference on IMMERSIVE TELECOMMUNICATIONS 2011
June 27 - 29, 2011
Berkeley CA , USA
The aim of IMMERSCOM is to focus on multi- and cross-disciplinary research on capturing, processing, analyzing, coding, communication and rendering of rich audio-visual content in order to enable remote immersive experiences of objects and environments. The body of technologies that enable such immersive remote experiences is collectively referred to as immersive telecommunications technologies. Applications of immersive telecommunications technologies can be varied, and include telepresence, industrial automation, health care, education, and entertainment. Many of these are also beginning to be viewed as potential green technologies.
A variety of traditionally disjoint research communities have been involved with developing immersive technologies in different ways. These can be loosely categorized into Multimedia Signal Processing and Coding; Computer Graphics and Computer Vision; and Mixed/Augmented Reality. However, in order to deliver truly compelling remote immersive experiences, all these classical disciplines as well as many other emergent ones need to come together and work alongside the Networking and Communication community. A close coupling between the traditional Multimedia (2D digital video and audio) and the Networking/Communication research communities have led to worldwide commercial deployment of multimedia services and products in recent years. However, this is much less true for Computer Vision, Computer Graphics and Virtual/Augmented Reality research communities.
IMMERSCOM hopes to create a forum that enable and promote such multi- and cross-disciplinary interactions and build communities that can work together to create technologies robust and compelling enough for commercial success in the foreseeable future. Other goals of IMMERSCOM include assessment of emergent immersive telecommunication technologies as well as identification of technical challenges in various application areas.
A variety of traditionally disjoint research communities have been involved with developing immersive technologies in different ways. These can be loosely categorized into Multimedia Signal Processing and Coding; Computer Graphics and Computer Vision; and Mixed/Augmented Reality. However, in order to deliver truly compelling remote immersive experiences, all these classical disciplines as well as many other emergent ones need to come together and work alongside the Networking and Communication community. A close coupling between the traditional Multimedia (2D digital video and audio) and the Networking/Communication research communities have led to worldwide commercial deployment of multimedia services and products in recent years. However, this is much less true for Computer Vision, Computer Graphics and Virtual/Augmented Reality research communities.
IMMERSCOM hopes to create a forum that enable and promote such multi- and cross-disciplinary interactions and build communities that can work together to create technologies robust and compelling enough for commercial success in the foreseeable future. Other goals of IMMERSCOM include assessment of emergent immersive telecommunication technologies as well as identification of technical challenges in various application areas.
