Transvision : A Hand-held Augmented Reality System for Collaborative Design
Jun Rekimoto · 1996
This paper presents the shared augmented reality system called TransVision. TransVision augments real table-top with the computer graphics objects. Two or more participants hold a palmtop size see-through display and look at the world through the display. They can share the same virtual environment in the real world environment. Since users are not isolated from the real world, natural mutual communications such as body gestures can effectively be used during collaboration. This paper describes the architecture of the TransVision system and reports some early experiences. 1 Introduction In traditional design studios, when a group of engineers is designing a new automobile, they would build a clay model of the automobile and examine it. During this process, discussions among engineers are often supported by gazing (e.g., looking at some part of the model and saying something) and hand gestures (e.g., one engineer pointing at a part of the model and saying "the design of this part has t...