Open House 2001
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Carmen
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Collaborative
Augmented-Reality Multimodal Environment
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a multi-user environment shared by Immersadesks, PCs, Head-Mounted
Displays and GPS-tracked outdoor users.
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One of the projects developed and
supported by the Integrated Systems Laboratory was shown off at Beckman's
Annual Open House. CARMEN was developed by Camille Goudeseune and
Ben Schaffer to allow multiple users with different interfaces to share
the same virtual space. |
| In a photo which ran in the
News-Gazette, Camille shows off his crazy hat. The helmet was
modified specifically for CARMEN and integrates a GPS-tracking device and
a small screen in order for the user to see where he and others are in the
virtual world. |
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Throughout the Open House, Camille
wandered around the quad in front of Beckman to demonstrate the
GPS-tracker. |
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Here Ben shows one of the members of
the External Advisory Committee how the wand and Immersadesk can be used
within CARMEN. |
| Another member of the External
Advisory Committee tries out the Head-Mounted Display. This branch
of the project utilizes a game-controller to move the user through the
virtual space and a head-mounted display to envelope the user in the
Beckman Quad Virtual Room. |
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The fourth branch of the program is
simply a game-controller hooked into a PC. Much like a video game,
the user can move around the virtual space, move blocks around and see the
other users' avatars. |
At the Open House, students watch as
all four users share the same virtual space. |
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