Many virtual environments and games must be populated with synthetic characters to create the desired experience. These characters must move with sufficient realism, so as not to...
Michael Gleicher, Hyun Joon Shin, Lucas Kovar, And...
We investigate the role of presence in a serious game for intercultural communication and negotiation skills by comparing two interfaces: a 3D version with animated virtual humans ...
H. Chad Lane, Matthew J. Hays, Daniel Auerbach, Ma...
A method is presented to rapidly incorporate real objects into virtual environments using laser scanned 3D models with color-based marker tracking. Both the real objects and their...
Xiyong Wang, Aaron Kotranza, John Quarles, Benjami...
The efficient management of complex objects has become an enabling technology for modern multimedia information systems as well as for many novel database applications. Unfortunat...
Hans-Peter Kriegel, Peter Kunath, Martin Pfeifle, ...
The use of Virtual Environments for Training is strongly stimulated by important needs for training on sensitive equipments. Yet, developing such an application is often done with...