Karaoke Grid - A mode of Ent ert ainment Grid Kazuyuki Shudo (AI - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Karaoke Grid

• A mode of Ent ert ainment Grid

Kazuyuki Shudo (AI ST), Ken-ichi Miyanomae (Waseda Universit y), <

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Koichi I ij ima (XI NG, I NC.),

Kazuhiro Omura (XI NG, I NC.), Yasuhiro Funahashi (XI NG, I NC.), Ryo Kat suma (Waseda U.), Uske Kuwa (Waseda U.), Tomo Sonoda (Ut agoe, Lt d.), Sat oshi Sekiguchi (AI ST), Yoichi Muraoka (Waseda U.)

SC Global 2003, Phoenix,

Nov 20, 2003

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You can j ust sing

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in collaborat ion wit h your f riends

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The perspect ive of Karaoke Karaoke is an ent ert ainment where we sing a (popular) song along an accompaniment . Singings are sole, duet or chorus. Usually, t he singings are perf ormed locally. Wit h Grid Technology, t his mode of ent ert ainment break t hrough t he boundary

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meet ot hers around t he world.

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The perspect ive of Grid

An int erest ing ent ert ainment applicat ion. How can Access Grid as a CSCW t echnology support human inf ormal act ivit ies.

Tele-exist ence Non-verbal communicat ion

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Karaoke Grid node

An AG node equipped wit h a karaoke machine.

Delivery Grid node PI G (Personal I nt erf ace t o t he Grid)

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Const ellat ion Sit es

U.S.

• Phoenix SC Global Showcase

J apan

• Warabi : XI NG karaoke box
• Waseda Universit y

Ot her sit es are expect ed t o j oin us and sing.

The Pacif ic Ocean 6,000 miles ! 2.44 Gbps 1 Gbps x 2

(Asia-Pacif ic Advanced Net work)

Tokyo XP

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Ongoing Challenges

Audio Lat ency

I f you f eel dif f icult y wit h delayed

singings, adj ust t he level of audio on RAT window.

Part ner Search

How can we f ind a good part ner singing

t oget her?

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Organizat ions

A j oint ef f ort bet ween

XI NG, I NC

A leading karaoke service provider.

AI ST

J apan’s largest research organizat ion wit h 3,200

employees.

Waseda Universit y

1,200 f ull t ime st af f and over 50,000 st udent s.

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Sing and Enj oy !