Method of and system for augmenting presentation of content

Abstract

A method of augmenting presentation of content at a first location by projecting at first location a low-bandwidth visualization, i.e. a visualization in which presence information is rendered in an abstract form, of participation of viewers of the content at a second location, for example a projection of the silhouettes of the viewers at the second location, or a visualization of audio recorded at the second location. By allowing viewers at the first location to observe viewers at the second location, a feeling of social presence is generated for those first viewers. Also a system for augmented presentation of content at a first location, comprising presentation means for presenting the content, visualization means for creating a low-bandwidth visualization of participation of viewers of the content at a second location and projecting means for projecting the low-bandwidth visualization at the first location. The visualization means may comprise a camera or a microphone.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.