The BeingThere Centre or the "International Research Center for
Tele-Presence and Tele-Collaboration" is a joint effort between ETH
Zurich, UNC and NTU. The BeingThere Centre has branches located at NTU
in Singapore, and the campuses of UNC
in Chapel Hill and ETH in Zurich.
The BeingThere Centre represents a S$23 million investment by the
three universities and the Media Development Authority in Singapore.
Co-Directors of the BeingThere Centre are Prof. Nadia
Magnenat-Thalmann for NTU, Prof. Markus Gross for ETH and Prof. Henry
Fuchs for UNC.
The objective of BeingThere Centre is to make major technological and
systems-level advances leading to a credible, 3D experience of
tele-presence in a fitted room using a mobile platform. The result
will be a breakthrough in the quality of interpersonal
communication at a distance allowing for eye contact and proper motion
parallax among a group of users.
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