Kirari! for Arena : Real-Time Remote Reproduction of 4-Directional Views with Depth Perception

Abstract

This paper describes “Kirari! for Arena” system which is an integral combination of NTT's immersive telepresence technology “Kirari!.” This system transports events such as sports and entertainment to remote locations in real-time and reproduce the scene in 4 directions with the depth perception. At the capture site, it shoots videos from 4 directions, scan the position of the objects, perform image extraction and tracking of the object, and transmit the information to the remote locations in real-time. At the reproduction site, it transforms the videos to add depth perception and project them to a special 4-sided display device.