Directional communication using spatial sound in human-telepresence

Abstract

Communication is essential for working effectively with others. We communicate with each other to share their situation and what they are thinking. Especially, using voice is one of the most common ways to communicate. In previous research, we proposed LiveSphere that shares the surrounding environment with a remote person and provides immersive experience to effectively collaborate with each other. This system realizes "human-telepresence" where a person can be in other person and experience the environment. However, the communication in human-telepresence has some problems. In this paper, we propose directional communication with spatial sound to alleviate the problems. We also report on the result of user study.