Immersive collaboration of remote participants via media displays

摘要: An immersive digital experience for video conferencing simulates common presence of a virtual participant in a local environment. Such simulation may include (i) using a transparent media display having a portion of its pixels projecting the virtual participant's body image while keeping at least a portion of the background transparent (eg, to visible light),(ii) disposing sensor (s)(eg, camera) behind the transparent media display at the gaze of the participant, and/or (iii) using added virtual overlays (eg, of plants, memorabilia, and/or furniture) to the virtual image (eg, that are consistent with the local environment), eg, to provide a sense of depth ranging from the overlays to the virtual participant projection and to the background showing through the transparent media display.