Virtual director adapting visual presentation to conversation context in group videoconferencing: An interactive demo

Rene Kaiser, Wolfgang Weiss, Manolis Falelakis, Marian F. Ursu

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Abstract

In this technical demonstration, we invite visitors to join a group videoconferencing session with remote participants across Europe, using the Vconect system. This research prototype automatically takes decisions about the presentation of available video streams by processing the audio stream from each participant. It observes patterns in turn-taking behavior and dynamically computes conversation metrics to automatically decide, for each conversation node's screen, how to compose (in layout) and mix (in time) the streams originating from the other nodes. The demo invites to discuss future possibilities in video mediated group communication beyond the currently implemented functionality of the demo system.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMM 2014 - Proceedings of the 2014 ACM Conference on Multimedia
PublisherACM
Pages733-734
Number of pages2
ISBN (Print)9781450330633
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014
Event2014 ACM Conference on Multimedia, MM 2014 - Orlando, United Kingdom
Duration: 3 Nov 20147 Nov 2014

Conference

Conference2014 ACM Conference on Multimedia, MM 2014
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityOrlando
Period3/11/147/11/14

Keywords

  • Communication orchestration
  • Telepresence
  • Video mediated group communication
  • Videoconferencing
  • Virtual director

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