Patent ID: 7528860

Claim:
A method for videoconferencing between parties at N sites, comprising: creating a virtual space arrangement of N sites including N−1 remote sites and a local site; simultaneously displaying N−1 video sequences of representations of parties at said N−1 remote sites at display locations on a non-planar display arrangement arranged around a local party at said local site, wherein said N−1 remote sites are displayed to provide reciprocal site-accurate eye contact between a local party at said local site and N−1 remote parties at said N−1 remote sites; scaling displayed images of said remote parties in said N−1 video sequences consistently with their true physical sizes in said virtual space arrangement; capturing a plurality of real-time video streams of said local party from a plurality of viewpoints; and generating N−1 video view streams providing said reciprocal site-accurate eye contact in real-time of said local party representing views of said local party from display locations corresponding to said N−1 remote parties.