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

SC Global 2003, Phoenix, Nov 20, 2003 Karaoke Grid - A mode of Ent ert ainment Grid Kazuyuki Shudo (AI ST), Ken-ichi Miyanomae (Waseda Universit y), < - MC 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.)

You can j ust sing on t he Grid in collaborat ion wit h your f riends over

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 of dist ance and provide an opport unit y t o meet ot hers around t he world. over

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 over

Karaoke Grid node An AG node equipped wit h a karaoke machine. PI G (Personal I nt erf ace t o t he Grid) Delivery Grid node over

Const ellat ion Sit es The Pacif ic Ocean 1 Gbps x 2 6,000 miles ! 2.44 Gbps (Asia-Pacif ic Advanced Net work) Tokyo XP 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. over

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? over

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. over

Sing and Enj oy ! over