The virtual messenger system acts as a portal to subtly communicate messages and pass information between the digital, virtual, and physical worlds, using the Media Lab�s Glass Infrastructure system. Users who opt into the system are tracked throughout the Media Lab by a multimodal sensor network. If a participating user approaches any of the Lab�s Glass Infrastructure displays they are met by their virtual personal assistant (VPA), who exists in DoppelLab�s virtual representation of the current physical space. Each VPA acts as a mediator to pass on any messages or important information from the digital world to the user in the physical world. Participating users can interact with their VPA through a small subset of hand gestures, allowing the user to read any pending messages or notices, or inform their virtual avatar not to bother them until later.
The virtual messenger system acts as a portal to subtly communicate messages and pass information between the digital, virtual, and physical worlds, using the Media Lab�s Glass Infrastructure system. Users who opt into the system are tracked throughout the Media Lab by a multimodal sensor network. If a participating user approaches any of the Lab�s Glass Infrastructure displays they are met by their virtual personal assistant (VPA), who exists in DoppelLab�s virtual representation of the current physical space. Each VPA acts as a mediator to pass on any messages or important information from the digital world to the user in the physical world. Participating users can interact with their VPA through a small subset of hand gestures, allowing the user to read any pending messages or notices, or inform their virtual avatar not to bother them until later.