A two-way interactive system that includes an apparatus for matching the line
of
sight of interlocutors in order to enhance communication through a transmission
means when the interlocutors are located in remote areas. Terminal equipment, located
at the site of each interlocutor, includes a display unit, a position regulator
means and an image pickup apparatus. The display unit includes a monitor that displays
an image of a partner interlocutor. The position regulating means regulates the
position of the interlocutor with respect to the monitor. The image pickup apparatus
includes an image pickup unit which captures an image of the interlocutors and
a support means which sets the image pickup unit in a predetermined position between
the interlocutor and a monitor of the display unit. More particularly, the image
pick up unit is positioned in a line-of-sight matching area defined by the distance
from the interlocutor to the monitor and a parallactic angle formed by the lines
of sight of the interlocutor to the image of the partner interlocutor and the image
pickup unit.