{"id":636900,"date":"2020-03-02T04:50:13","date_gmt":"2020-02-13T10:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/?post_type=msr-research-item&#038;p=636900"},"modified":"2023-02-21T03:32:27","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T11:32:27","slug":"vroom-virtual-robot-overlay-for-online-meetings","status":"publish","type":"msr-research-item","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/publication\/vroom-virtual-robot-overlay-for-online-meetings\/","title":{"rendered":"VROOM: Virtual Robot Overlay for Online Meetings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-636936 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2020\/02\/figure-300x132.png\" alt=\"VROOM overview\" width=\"300\" height=\"132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2020\/02\/figure-300x132.png 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2020\/02\/figure-1024x451.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2020\/02\/figure-768x338.png 768w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2020\/02\/figure-1536x676.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2020\/02\/figure-2048x901.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Telepresence robots allow remote users to freely explore a space they are not in, and provide a physical embodiment in that space. However, they lack a compelling representation of the remote user in the local space. We present VROOM (Virtual Robot Overlay for Online Meetings), a two-way system for exploring how to improve the social experience of robotic telepresence. For the local user, an augmented-reality (AR) interface shows a life-size avatar of the remote user overlaid on a telepresence robot. For the remote user, a head-mounted virtual-reality (VR) interface presents an immersive 360\u00b0 view of the local space with mobile autonomy. The VR system tracks the remote user\u2019s head pose and hand movements, which are applied to the avatar. This allows the local user to see the remote\u2019s head direction and hand gestures, and the remote user to identify with the robot as an identifiable embodiment of self.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>See the video figure at the bottom of this page.<\/li>\n<li>This CHI Late Breaking Work paper covers the concept and implementation of the VROOM system. We are writing an evaluation paper comparing standard robotic telepresence to the VROOM system.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Telepresence robots allow remote users to freely explore a space they are not in, and provide a physical embodiment in that space. However, they lack a compelling representation of the remote user in the local space. 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