Systems and methods for interpolative three-dimensional imaging within the viewing zone of a display

Abstract

Video conferencing has become an essential part of everyday lifefor many people. However, traditional 2D video calls leave muchto be desired. Eye-contact, multiple viewpoints, and 3D spatialawareness all make video conferencing much more immersive.We present TeleWindow: a frame with mountable volumetriccameras that attaches to a display for immersive 3D video conferencing. The full system consists of a 3D display and a frame withup to four volumetric cameras. Our system was flexible conceptually as well as physically. We intended our research to be “unfettered” rather than focus and directed, e.g., for anything directlyentrepreneurial and commercial: “art as unsupervised research”. In contrast to similar work, our focus was on making an accessible system for exploring immersive teleconferencing so costof materials and required technical knowledge is kept to a minimum. We present a technical baseline for immersive, easily replicable 3D teleconferencing.