Five Things

Thomas Uram turam at mcs.anl.gov
Fri Mar 14 14:22:15 CST 2003


I know some of this is funded, but these are things I think would add a 
lot of value.

    * Integration of device control
      This should include camera control, but we should pursue more
      interesting examples, too, like a microscope.
    * Eye contact
      I'm with Terry on eye contact; the research on how communication
      is affected is important to consider, but in a practical sense,
      the requirements of simulating collocated conversation seem pretty
      clear, making it a logistical problem that we can solve.
    * Layout
      Important in its own right, but necessary for associating windows
      with cameras to support eye contact
    * Identification of speaker (voice-switched video)
      I don't know how we've gotten by for so long without this
    * Access to compute resources
      This would strengthen our position as the "user interface to the
      grid".  This applies directly to community database resources
      (such as what's used by a virtual observatory, or--I imagine--SWOF).



Michael E. Papka wrote:

>I would like a list of five things from each of you that the AG could use
>(software and hardware) and that we are currently not funded for or
>currently planning. Think of this as a side project, spend some time
>thinking about it on the drive home. Try to make them somewhat practical
>(that's why Mark is on the cc line and not the to one) Try to get me ideas
>in the next week or so.
>
>Thanks
>Mikeh
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