Immersive virtual environments require integration and coordination of numerous real-time technologies including human-recognition (face, emotion, and gesture detection), 3D (capture, model generation, rendering), virtual-physical reality integration, real-time networking, sensor and data-flow management. Intel Labs is funding research at the University of Illinois on an integrated framework of such components to support development and evolution of immersive applications. Professor David Raila demonstrates standalone and integrated components of the framework based on recent research including: robust 3D non-rigid face tracking for hands-free gaming and 3D human tracking for game and avatar control. For more information, go to