2005 Volume 3 Pages 290-297
In building a safe and secure society, sharing a common understanding between experts and citizens is indispensable. To accomplish this requirement, it is necessary to establish a communication channel between both of them. This paper proposes an immersive virtual conversational environment IPOC, aiming at activating communication between experts and citizens. Using IPOC interaction functions, experts can give more concrete advice to the citizens by sharing background photos as perceived information,. On the other hand, the citizens can describe the situation on their sites using IPOC contents creation support functions. There functions in IPOC are expected to contribute to bidirectional communication between experts and citizens.
