| authors |
Vásquez de Velasco, Guillermo and Hutchison, David |
| year |
1999 |
| title |
Virtual Reality Meets Telematics: Design and Development of the Infinity Room |
| doi |
https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.ecaade.1999.466
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| source |
Architectural Computing from Turing to 2000 [eCAADe Conference Proceedings / ISBN 0-9523687-5-7] Liverpool (UK) 15-17 September 1999, pp. 466-472 |
| summary |
The paper presents the findings of three years of experimentation in the use of compressed videoconferencing in international virtual design studios. Based on these findings, the authors elaborate on the development of a new videoconferencing interface: "The Infinity Room". The Infinity Room is a design studio space containing a floor-to-ceiling rear projection screen wall that conceals a dark room equipped with 5 video cameras and 4 video projectors that reproduce, on one-to-one scale, the images captured in a similar installation at a remote location. Operationally, the video cameras feed a computer that eliminate image redundancies, codes all the sources into a single entity and sends it as a compressed video signal to a remote computer that decodes and decompresses the images for synchronized delivery through the video projectors. The tiling effect of 4 synchronized and fully interactive video images creates the illusion of an adjacent room. The paper describes the design parameters used in the development of the Infinity Room and elaborates on the technology that makes it feasible. Requirements and constraints on physical space, hardware, software, and networking are discussed. The paper ends with conclusions that highlight the technical feasibility of building a small-scale prototype. |
| keywords |
Virtual Design Studio (VDS), Virtual Reality (VR), Telematics, Videoconferencing, Collaborative Design |
| series |
eCAADe |
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| full text |
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Holland, N. and Vasquez de Velasco, G. (1998)
 The Internationalization of Undergraduate Programs: A Model Program Using Reciprocal Distance Education
, Traditional Study Abroad Programs and International Internships, Conference of the American Society of Engineering Educators Frontiers in Education FIE 98, Arizona, 1998 595-599
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Vasquez de Velasco, G. and Holland, N. (1998)
International Virtual Design Studios and Reciprocal Distance Education
, Third International Conference of the Ibero-american Association for Computer Graphics, Sigradi 1998, Argentina, 1998 399-405
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Vasquez de Velasco, G. and Holland, N. (1998)
Reciprocal Distance Education in International Design & Construction Studios
, International Conference on Research in Design Education / ARCC - EAAE, 1998, North Carolina, 1998 34-39
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Vasquez de Velasco, G. and Jiménez, Javier (1997)
Compressed Video Technology in International Architectural Reviews: An instructional application
, ED-MEDIA/ED-TELECOM 97, World Conference on Educational Telecommunications, Canada, 1997 Vol-II 1040-1045
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Vasquez de Velasco, G. and Jiménez, Javier (1997)
The Tex-Mex Virtual Design Studio
, Sixth International Conference on the Application of Computer Networks in Architecture, EuropIA Productions, United Kingdom, 1997 167-180
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