Telexistence / Susumu Tachi, The University of Tokyo, Japan & Keio University, Japan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tachi, Susumu, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human-computer interaction.

Virtual reality.

Telecommunication--Technological innovations.

Telecommunication.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (294 p.)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

[Hackensack] New Jersey : World Scientific, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Telexistence is a fundamental concept which refers to the general technology that enables a human being to have the real-time sensation of being at a place other than where he or she actually exists, while being able to interact with the remote environment, which may be real, virtual, or a combination of both. It also refers to an advanced type of teleoperation system that enables an operator at the control to perform remote tasks dexterously with the feeling of existing in a surrogate robot working in a remote environment. Telexistence in the real remote environment through a virtual environment is also possible. This book is the second edition of the original Telexistence; new contents cover recent advancements of the technology in areas such as human augmentation, autostereoscopy, tangible visuo-haptic 3D display, face-to-face communication, and haptic sensations and technologies. Case studies of the mobile mutual telexistence system TELESAR IV and haptic telexistence avatar system TELESAR V are also included. Written by the inventor of the concept of this emerging technology, it introduces the concept of telexistence, explains how this concept can be realized, illustrates precisely real examples of the realization of the concept, and determines its future advancement. Readers will be inspired by the concept, and acquire appropriate knowledge on this emerging technology and the fundamental skills to contribute in further development of telexistence.

Contents:

1. Virtual reality and telexistence. 1.1. What is telexistence and what is virtual reality. 1.2. Telexistence in the real world and in virtual worlds. 1.3. Organization of telexistence and/or virtual reality systems. 1.4. Virtual reality as a human tool for 3Cs and 3Es. 1.5. Virtual reality convergence

2. Generations and design philosophies of robots. 2.1. Generations of robots. 2.2. Design philosophies in robotics. 2.3. Human augmentation

3. Telexistence. 3.1. Short history of telexistence. 3.2. Augmented telexistence. 3.3. R-Cubed. 3.4. Humanoid robotics project: HRP. 3.5. Mutual telexistence communication system: TELESAR II & IV. 3.6. Telexistence avatar robot system: TELESAR V

4. Fundamental technologies for telexistence. 4.1. Telexistence visual display. 4.2. Mobile telexistence system. 4.3. Design and quantitative evaluation of telexistence manipulation system. 4.4. Construction of virtual haptic space. 4.5. Electrocutaneous communication

5. Retroreflective projection technology (RPT). 5.1. Principle of retroreflective projection technology. 5.2. RPT-based head mounted projector. 5.3. RPT applications

6. Mutual telexistence using RPT. 6.1. Mutual telexistence. 6.2. Experimental hardware system. 6.3. Mutual telexistence master-slave system for communication

7. Telexistence communication using TWISTER: telexistence wide-angle immersive STEReoscope. 7.1. Face-to-face communication. 7.2. Concept of mutual telexistence using TWISTER. 7.3. Development of TWISTER 7.4. Principles of TWISTER. 7.5. Face-to-face telexistence communication using TWISTER booths. 7.6. Mutual telexistence surrogate robot system: TELESAR IV. 7.7. Summary

8. Haptic VR and haptic telexistence. 8.1. Haptic media. 8.2. Haptic primary color nodel. 8.3. Haptic information display. 8.4. Telexistence avatar robot system: TELESAR V. 8.5. Editing and creation of haptic information. 8.6. RePro3D: RPT-based full-parallax autostereoscopic 3D

9. Future perspective. 9.1. Out-of-the-body experience. 9.2. Impact of telexistence on daily life. 9.3. Open problems of telexistence. 9.4. Telexistence in the future. 9.5. Telexistence and society.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

981-4618-07-1

OCLC:

900633148