Being There Without Going BENOGO, IST 200139184

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Being There Without GoingBENOGO, IST-
2001-39184

• Objectives
• To develop theory and practice for technologies
  that allow immersive VISUALIZATION of REAL PLACES
  for moving observer.
• To study the theory of PRESENCE and inform
  technological development through intensive
  series of MEASUREMENTS of the sense of presence.

• Expected Results
• An increased support for sense of presence
  achieved through 11 demonstrators which gradually
  expand the range of user mobility.
• New avenues opened and explored - technologically
  and empirically - providing new insight into
  important aspects of presence, and
  opening for new products for use in services
  and edutainment.

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Being There Without GoingBENOGO, IST-
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The REAL world available at bed-side and/or
at the desk
Visiting the Botanical Garden in Prague
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Being There Without GoingBENOGO, IST-
2001-39184
http//benogo.dk

• Partners
• Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
  (co-ordinator)
• The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
• Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech
  Republic
• Napier University, Edinburgh, United kingdom
• Universität Bremen, Bremen, Germany
• Aalborg University, Esbjerg, Denmark

Co-ordinators Contact Details Aalborg
University, Computer Vision and Media Technology
Laboratory (CVMT) Niels Jernes Vej 14, DK-9220
Aalborg East, Denmark Prof. Erik Granum Email
eg_at_cvmt.dk
Total Cost Commission Funding 2,000,000
Project Period 1st Oct. 2002 30th Sept. 2005