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2010
IEEE
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13 years 6 months ago
Synthesizing contact sounds between textured models
We present a new interaction handling model for physics-based sound synthesis in virtual environments. A new three-level surface representation for describing object shapes, visib...
Zhimin Ren, Hengchin Yeh, Ming C. Lin
VAST
2004
ACM
14 years 1 months ago
The Ancient Olympic Games: Being Part of the Experience
This paper presents the virtual reality applications that the Foundation of the Hellenic World has produced associated with the Olympic Games in ancient Greece. The separate virtu...
Athanasios Gaitatzes, Dimitrios Christopoulos, Geo...
ATAL
2008
Springer
13 years 9 months ago
The intermediary agent's brain: supporting learning to collaborate at the inter-personal level
We discuss the design of the Intermediary Agent's brain, the control module of an embodied conversational virtual peer in a simulation game aimed at providing learning experi...
Juan Martínez-Miranda, Bernhard Jung, Sabin...
HICSS
2005
IEEE
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14 years 1 months ago
Strategies Employed By Participants In Virtual Learning Communities
This paper examines the learning behavior of online students in an asynchronous learning environment. We employ the theoretical lens of an online community of inquiry, to understa...
James Waters, Susan Gasson
CC
2010
Springer
243views System Software» more  CC 2010»
14 years 2 months ago
Optimizing Matlab through Just-In-Time Specialization
Abstract. Scientists are increasingly using dynamic programming languages like Matlab for prototyping and implementation. Effectively compiling Matlab raises many challenges due t...
Maxime Chevalier-Boisvert, Laurie J. Hendren, Clar...