抄録
In this paper, we introduce a novel virtual studio environment in which an anchor in the virtual set interacts with televiewers as if they were sharing the same environment. A televiewers participates in the virtual studio environment by experiencing the input to and controlling the gaze direction of a dummy head equipped with camera, speaker and microphones. The dummy head as a surrogate televiewer, providing the viewpoint experienced by the televiewers via a video camera and the sound experienced by the televiewer via microphone in its head. The anchor can not only interact with the virtual set elements but also share the physical studio with the surrogate televiewers. With a head tracking, the televiewer may look around the virtual world and gaze at other avatars and anchors via its surrogate, the dummy head's gaze direction. The new interactive virtual studio with the immersive televiewer environment may be applied to immersive tele-conferencing, tele-education, and interactive TV program productions of the future.
