CoVAR: Mixed-Platform Remote Collaborative Augmented and Virtual Realities System with Shared Collaboration Cues

T. Piumsomboon , A. Dey , B. Ens , G. A. Lee , M. Billinghurst

ISMAR Adjunct

CoVAR is a system for remote collaboration that connects an AR user and a VR user by sharing a 3D reconstruction of the AR user's environment. To make this cross-platform collaboration natural, it supports eye-gaze and hand-gesture input, remote embodiment through avatar heads and hands, and awareness cues such as field-of-view and gaze. The paper details its architecture, setup and calibration, input methods, and the features that enhance collaboration.

@inproceedings{piumsomboon2017,
  author    = {T. Piumsomboon and A. Dey and B. Ens and G. A. Lee and M. Billinghurst},
  title     = {CoVAR: Mixed-Platform Remote Collaborative Augmented and Virtual Realities System with Shared Collaboration Cues},
  booktitle = {ISMAR Adjunct},
  pages     = {218-219},
  doi       = {10.1109/ISMAR-Adjunct.2017.72},
  year      = {2017}
}