To test this cutting-edge technology, the NYU team will collaborate with the NYU Tisch School of the Arts and the Mark Morris Dance Group’s Dance Center. Dancers from both institutions will take the stage on a volumetric capture platform, with their movements streamed live and available on-demand. This initiative not only offers educational content for aspiring dancers, providing access to high-level performances for study, but it also grants engineers an opportunity to experiment and refine their PCV technology.
Beyond dance education, the researchers envision this work as a gateway to more advanced virtual reality (VR) and mixed reality streaming content. According to Yong Liu, “The success of the proposed research will contribute towards the wide deployment of high-quality and robust PCV streaming systems that facilitate immersive augmented, virtual, and mixed reality experiences and create new opportunities in many domains, including education, business, healthcare, and entertainment.”
