| “Mediated reality affords the EyeTap apparatus the ability to augment, diminish or otherwise alter our perception of reality.” The goal of this research is to demonstrate interactive and shared mediated realities.; The EyeTap reality mediator is used with Bluetooth, 802.11b and IrDA wireless technologies to implement a system that allows for the interaction between the wearer and objects in the environment. The EyeTap device can mediate reality with information such as labels and graphical user interfaces that is transmitted over wireless networks from objects in the environment. A shared mediated reality is demonstrated through the implementation of a system that allows for the mapping of an EyeTap wearer's environment through the VideoOrbits Gyroscopic Head-Tracker. The environment map is then transmitted to another EyeTap wearer, who, through head motion is able to browse the remote environment as if it were their own. |
