Immersive Telepresence in Remote Education

Kachach, Redouane; Orduna, Marta; Rodriguez, J. Sancho; Pérez, Pablo; Villegas, Alvaro; Cabrera, Julián; García, Narciso

doi:10.1145/3458307.3460967

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“…Figure 1 presents the prototype proposed for the use case of teleeducation and evaluated in this paper. It allows a 360-degree communication between the classroom and the remote client, the student, who attends the lesson through an HMD [11]. Additionally, we developed a video analysis module to detect events of interest in the classroom scene and notify them to the remote students, improving the QoE and accelerating their learning curves.…”

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Evaluation of the Performance of an Immersive System for Tele-education

Orduna

Gutiérrez

Sánchez

et al. 2022

ACM International Conference on Interactive Media Experiences

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Tele-education was already a solution for people who cannot attend lessons in person (such as inaccessibility in rural areas or illness issues). However, COVID has revealed problems in tele-education with current technology, causing adolescents and children to slow down their learning curves and experience problems of social distancing with their classmates. This paper presents a user study to validate an immersive communication system for tele-education purposes. This system streams in real time a class using 360-degree cameras, allowing remote students to explore the whole scene and improving the feeling of being in the classroom with their colleagues. Additionally, the prototype provides notifcations to the remote students about events (such as a changes in the teacher's presentation or classmates raising their hands) that occur outside their viewport to indicate in which direction they should move their heads to visualize them.To validate the system and investigate its possible added value, socioemotional factors such as presence, perceived quality, usability, and usefulness of the notifcations were evaluated through a user test using questionnaires. The obtained results show that using immersive tele-education systems can improve the presence, as

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confidence: 99%

Evaluation of the Performance of an Immersive System for Tele-education

Orduna

Gutiérrez

Sánchez

et al. 2022

ACM International Conference on Interactive Media Experiences

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“…In study [8], the authors present a telepresence system for distance education. The system follows an Augmented Distributed Reality approach, where the students at home, wearing a VR's Head Mounted Display, are immersed in a mixed reality scene composed of a real-time 360 video stream of the classroom, a pass-through view of his/her own hands, and additional augmented information obtained via Artificial Intelligence.…”

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Towards Virtual University based on Virtual Reality and Terabits Internet Speed

Shudayfat¹,

Sharrab

Tarawneh

et al. 2022

Int. J. Emerg. Technol. Learn.

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With the advances in data communication, high speed internet in terabits per second, and the coming next generation (6G), where the data rate will be very sufficient for virtual reality application such as telepresence and tele-operation, the old-new concept of virtual university will be revolutionized. This paper presents a review for one type of distance learning, which is online synchronous education supported by multimedia and Virtual Reality (VR) or simply a virtual university (VU) or Virtual Classroom (VC). We review the concept of the VU for the past and how it will be in the coming futures. We review, its types, component, and how it will be. Furthermore, we review and discussed next generation VU/VC obstacles in addition to their cons and pros. Moreover, we examine the motivation for establishing VU/VC and the advantages of its availability to the virtual society. Recent advances in computer and communications technology have delivered capabilities to today’s distance learning and virtual classroom. Advances in virtual reality, real-time streaming on the internet have created a revolution in curricula and classrooms. We explain how to integrate multimedia, 3D videos, Virtual Reality (VR), tele-operation, tele-presence, and Internet-based learning technologies into a common framework for the virtual classroom

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“…A robotic arm can manipulate objects and make sketches on a whiteboard. Another path to alleviate the difculties of not being physically present in the classroom is the use of immersive technologies (e.g., VR) for telepresence [10,12]. By having a fully immersive experience, remote learners can increase the sense of presence in the classroom, which has a positive impact in the conveyance of empathy and attention.…”

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Emerging Telepresence Technologies in Hybrid Learning Environments

Elmimouni

Hansen

Herring

et al. 2022

CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts

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The last several years have seen a strong growth of telerobotic technologies with promising implications for many areas of learning. HCI has contributed to these discussions, mainly with studies on user experiences and user interfaces of telepresence robots. However, only a few telerobot studies have addressed everyday use in real-world learning environments. In the post-COVID 19 world, sociotechnical uncertainties and unforeseen challenges to learning in hybrid learning environments constitute a unique frontier where robotic and immersive technologies can mediate learning experiences. The aim of this workshop is to set the stage for a new wave of HCI research that accounts for and begins to develop new insights, concepts, and methods for use of immersive and telerobotic technologies in real-world learning environments. Participants are invited to collaboratively defne an HCI research agenda focused on robot-mediated learning in the wild, which will require examining end-user engagements and questioning underlying concepts regarding telerobots for learning. CCS CONCEPTS• Human-centered computing → Collaborative and social computing systems and tools; Accessibility technologies.

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Immersive Telepresence in Remote Education

Abstract: for hands-on sessions with high interaction between physically present students and their teacher. CCS CONCEPTS• Information systems → Multimedia streaming.

Cited by 8 publications

References 7 publications

Evaluation of the Performance of an Immersive System for Tele-education

Evaluation of the Performance of an Immersive System for Tele-education

Towards Virtual University based on Virtual Reality and Terabits Internet Speed

Emerging Telepresence Technologies in Hybrid Learning Environments

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