MERCO

The goal of MERCO is to realize a next-generation remote collaboration system by also transferring body postures, deictic gestures, and other non-verbal communication elements (work space) and by combining this geometrically correct with the shared content of a digital whiteboard (task space). Interative methods and tools, technical solutions, and experimentally validated knowledge from MERCO will enable more natural and efficient networked team meetings. A particular focus will be given to early phases of product design.

MERCO is an international cooperation between ETH Zurich and Chalmers Technical University, as well as industrial partners from Sweden and Switzerland: AVS AG, Intelliconcept AG, Ericsson AB, Semcon Sweden AB, Touchtech AB.