«Keynote Speech» Highly-Immersive Virtual Environments and Multi-modal Interaction

Abstract

In recent researches of VR, many kinds of immersive projection displays which surround users with high resolution stereoscopic images have been developed and evaluated for achieving highly immersive human-scale virtual environments. The latest systems adopt multi-projector architecture and provide both high resolution image projection and compact implementation effectively. In this paper, we show a recent implementation of such display system named “D-vision” in detail from technical aspects. And also, we illustrate a technique of pseudo-expansion of field-of-view with usual image contents like a TV, DVD and games. This technique can enrich immersive image contents without any additional costs. And finally, we briefly discuss about the technique to provide the effects of the immersive projection displays into our everyday environment.