Authors: Ruzena Bajcsy 1), Klara Nahrstedt 2) and Lisa Wymore 1)
Affiliation: 1) University of California, Berkeley, 2) University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Title: Humans in Real and Virtual Space: Studies of Interaction and Collaboration Mediated by Information Technology
Keywords: Tele-immersion, Virtual Reality, Real-time Computer Vision, Multimedia- network-protocols, Information technology and Dance.
Issue Date: July 15, 2006

Bibliography: Ruzena Bajcsy, Klara Nahrstedt and Lisa Wymore, "Humans in Real and Virtual Space: Studies of Interaction and Collaboration Mediated by Information Technology", Journal of the Robotics Society of Japan, Vol. 24, No. 5, pp.573-575, 2006.

Abstract:
In this paper we will present Information and Robotics Technology as a tool for interaction and collaboration. Then we will explore how this technology is influencing art and use Dance as an example. Finally we will show how Artists/dancers challenge technology. This work is supported by NSF Grant SCI-0549-231 and by CITRIS at UC Berkeley.

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