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3D TechnologiesDIMENSION (Distributed Multimedia Environment for Synchronous Interaction Over a Network)The NRC-IIT project, DIMENSION (Distributed Multimedia Environment for Synchronous Interaction Over a Network) is an ongoing collaborative effort within NRC-IIT’s Visual Information Technology group (IIT-VIT). This project creates and develops an advanced 3D collaborative visualization environment which allows for the sharing and dynamic transformation of complex 3D worlds. The DIMENSION project integrates research work in the fields of tele-collaboration, 3D sensing and modeling, advanced visualization, distributed computing and multi-modal interfaces. Research findings from related IIT-VIT projects are also incorporated into the project, testing and augmenting their utility. The resulting application brings those features together into one powerful software platform that can be adapted to many concrete applications: 1. Generic Tele-Collaboration InfrastructureSince the project builds on the generic tele-collaborative framework developed by the related NRC-IIT project Application Framework for Tele-Collaboration, the infrastructure can be easily adapted to new application domains, and is not constrained to the sharing of 3D information. 2. High Resolution 3D Sensing and ModelingThe dimension software is capable of interfacing 3D sensors and displaying the acquired data in real-time in the shared 3D environment. 3. Advanced 3D VisualizationAdvanced multi-resolution visualization techniques, such as those developed in the related NRC-IIT project Advanced Visualization Systems, allow for easy sharing of large 3D datasets. This is an advantage over typical Collaborative Virtual Environments (CVE) based on VRML (Virtual Reality Modeling Language), in which sharing large 3D datasets is a major problem. 4. PC Clustering InfrastuctureMulti-PC configurations, in a clustering infrastructure, provide more processing power to display complex and dynamic scenes. The application can be distributed on multiple PCs, each connected to a projector, allowing for different display configurations, such as:
5. Multi-Modal InterfacesThe application also integrates the result of research work on multi-modal user interfaces in the related NRC-IIT project, Multimodal Sensing and Display, which provides advanced interfaces such as laser pointing and voice control. OpportunitiesWe are seeking partners interested in bringing 3D tele-collaborative technology into their application field. Typical target applications are:
If interested, please contact the research contact listed below. Related NRC-IIT PublicationsResearch ContactsLouis Borgeat Guy Godin Business ContactCharles Gauthier |
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