Brief Abstract
The project will investigate and further develop novel
camera technologies into an innovative mediation system that allows close
to photo realistic 3D real-time visualisation of REAL (and possibly known)
places for a moving observer. The visualisation will provide a high degree
of immersiveness and support new types of empirical studies of the feeling
of presence in a REAL scenario that is made artificially available for
perceptual inspection. This is hard or impossible with conventional VR.
Using this new technique in varying combinations with advanced versions
of augmented reality, the project will contribute with empirical evidence
to the development of a general multilevel theory of presence, on the basis
of a context otherwise not available. The theory will provide a reference
for empirical studies to optimise the technology in respect of aspects of
presence found important for observers.
