ABSTRACT

Communication has played an important role in the development of modern society. From smoke signals to smartphones it has evolved in many ways. Nowadays, the home office is becoming more and more popular. As per a survey by Statista, 23% of the 1009 respondents are working 1-10 hours per week at their home, while 4% are working 21-40 hours from home. Because the future will consist of more jobs with home office setup, it can be predicted that a better and reliable telecommunication system must be developed. In addition, such a system would also cut down travel expenses and prove to be indispensable at times when various health and safety issues are associated with traveling. At present, there are several teleconferencing solutions like Google Hangouts, Microsoft Skype, Zoom, etc. Because of the development in the technologies which facilitate Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality (often grouped as XR), a communication system that could be implemented by the latter might prove to be a good solution. As of now, there are hardly any methods available to measure co-presence in such environments. The aim of this project is to develop a teleconferencing system using XR technology and analyze it on the basis of various co-presence parameters.