Introduction

As opposed to blue-c-I, where applications are being developed based on new technologies, blue-c-II research is highly driven by application-specific needs, specifically for collaboration, data handling and sharing, as well as for interaction in large-scaled areas.

Therefore, the focus of blue-c-II is to investigate and develop fundamental methods for collaboration environments and multi-modal acquisition and interaction with large and complex physical environments comprising interactive, view-independent 2D and 3D video, display technology, and natural and non-intrusive interaction. Cameras and projectors will be integrated in large scenes or in productive, office-like environments.

While blue-c-I was aimed at building technical setups and integrating all technologies into a single prototype system, blue-c-II will primarily focus on algorithmic aspects and concepts of representation, interaction, control, display, handling and management of data emerging from collaboration environments or large-scale areas, with applications as diverse as surveillance, tele-education, tele-training, and distributed product design.

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