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A METHOD SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR TELEPRESENCE COMMUNICATIONS UTILIZING VIDEO AVATARS

  • US 20060210045A1
  • Filed: 06/06/2006
  • Published: 09/21/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of teleconferencing in an environment of a virtual location between a first participant at a first location and a second participant at a second location, comprising:

  • processing a first plurality of user perspective modification data of a first perspective of the environment of the virtual location experienced by the first participant and a first encoded feature data from the second participant to generate a first virtual representation of the second participant in the environment of the virtual location from the perspective of the first participant;

    processing a second plurality of user perspective modification data of a second perspective of an environment of the virtual location experienced by the second participant and a second encoded feature data from the first participant to generate a second virtual representation of the first participant in the environment of the virtual location from the perspective of the second participant;

    displaying the first virtual representation of the second participant in the virtual location of the teleconference to the first participant at the first location; and

    displaying the second virtual representation of the first participant in the virtual location of the teleconference to the second participant at the second location.

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