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ARSpace: A Demonstration of Face-to-Face and Remote AR Collaboration at SCGlobal 2001

M. Billinghurst and B. Campbell, Human Interface Technology Laboratory and Center for Environmental Visualization at the University of Washington
(participating from the Denver Convention Center)

(see two pictures from the show)
The Human Interface Technology Laboratory at the University of Washington is a leader in the development of Augmented Reality interfaces for face-to-face and remote collaboration. Augmented Reality (AR) is a technology that enabled the overlay of three-dimensional virtual images on the real world so that both the real world and virtual imagery can be seen at the same time.

The ARSpace interface is a generic platform for viewing and interacting with three-dimensional virtual models and supporting three-dimensional computer supported collaborative work (CSCW). As such it could be applied to a variety of application domains. In this session, an application in the area of geo-spatial data visualization, using environmental representations developed by the University of Washington's Center for Environmental Visualization (CEV), will be shown. Geospatial visualizations under development at CEV focus on the marine and coastal environments of the Northeast Pacific and the Pacific Northwest. Spatially registered representations of ecosystems and environmental processes are generated from scientific datasets from University of Washington Earth Science programs at the Big Beef Creek field station, multi-disciplinary PRISM and NEPTUNE research projects.

For more information, see:

The Human Interface Technology Lab (www.hitl.washington.edu)
The Center for Environmental Visualization (www.cev.washington.edu)
Big Beef Creek (www.depts.washington.edu/bbc/)
NEPTUNE (www.neptune.washington.edu)
PRISM (www.prism.washington.edu)