Integrating Manga-Effects to Telepresence Video Communication : rex

This research aims to test the new process of enhancing the quality of telecommunication. Focusing on the presentation of the video call from laptops and from telepresence robot, we test whether utilizing Manga-Effects, emotion-emphasizing Manga-like video filters, proves effective to bring out one’s social presence.
While many related research have approaches incorporating the video processing of the users’ background, we approach this topic by taking the users’ facial expressions.