The Virtual Dance Floor and Café

Overview

The virtual dance floor and cafe provides a virtual connection among the three neighborhoods of the Brookings/Harbor/Harbor Hills area. In this little space, small groups can interact in a virtual place which has some of the feel of actual space.

There are some technical limitations to the simulation; notice that only half of the person on the right is visible.

Technical details

Placement of lights and cameras

Operational characteristics

The multiple cameras preserve a visual space across the network connections.

But only in a limited domain.

The whole virtual space is pervaded with an 802.15/Bluetooth Wireless Personal Area Network (see computing and place links.)