Remote Presence: Live Holograms for a Social Classroom
Nicolas Pope, Sebastian Hahta, Erkki Rötkönen, Naska Goagoses, Jason Mendes, Erkki Sutinen, Heike Winschiers‐Theophilus · ACM International Conference on Interactive Media Experiences · 2022
Existing communication technologies have displayed a lack of affordances in supporting social-emotional connections, which is of particular interest in educational settings. We are therefore developing a live sensory immersive 3D video technology, built on a prior developed platform. Pilot trials in a Finnish school have yielded promising findings. We continue to advance the state-of-the-art platform in parallel with regards to 3D capture quality and data compression algorithms. Current developments entail joint investigations and evaluations of affordances to support emotional, social, motivational, and achievement impacts with learners and teachers from a Namibian and Finnish school. Participants can experience ”remote presence” wearing the hololens 2 while others are live streamed from another country captured by two cameras.