Methods and System for Simulated 3D Videoconferencing

摘要

A system and method for manipulating images in a videoconferencing session provides users with a 3-D-like view of one or more presented sites, without the need for 3-D equipment. A plurality of cameras may record a room at a transmitting endpoint, and the receiving endpoint may select one of the received video streams based upon a point of view of a conferee at the receiving endpoint. The conferee at the receiving endpoint will thus experience a 3-D-like view of the presented site.

主权项

1. A communication apparatus comprising:
a display; one or more cameras positioned with the display and configured to image a user; a point-of-view detector that determines a gaze of the user relative to the display from images obtained from the one or more cameras; and an editor, communicatively coupled to the point-of-view detector, that builds an image for presentation to the user on the display responsive to the gaze of the user.