The tradeoff relationship between resource requirement, content complexity, and user satisfaction is magnified when more and more modern 3D Tele-immersive (3DTI) applications with higher quality demands and/or scalability requirements come into the picture. These demanding applications introduce challenges in different phases throughout the delivery chain of 3DTI systems. To tackle them, we propose to exploit contextual information of 3DTI systems, such as contextual information on resource, content, and satisfaction aspects. Understanding contextual information will improve the utilization of different computing environments to fulfill the objectives of targeted application. Categories and Subject Descriptors H.4.3 [Information Systems]: Information Systems Applications – Communication Applications Keywords 3D Tele-immersion, Contextual information.