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AVI
2008
13 years 9 months ago
Visual design of service deployment in complex physical environments
In this paper we discuss the problem of deploying appliances for interactive services in complex physical environments using a knowledge based approach to define the relations bet...
Augusto Celentano, Fabio Pittarello
MICCAI
2007
Springer
14 years 8 months ago
Towards Subject-Specific Models of the Dynamic Heart for Image-Guided Mitral Valve Surgery
Abstract. Surgeons need a robust interventional system capable of providing reliable, real-time information regarding the position and orientation of the surgical targets and tools...
Cristian A. Linte, Marcin Wierzbicki, John Moore, ...
ISVC
2005
Springer
14 years 27 days ago
Rendering Optimizations Guided by Head-Pose Estimates and Their Uncertainty
In virtual environments, head pose and/or eye-gaze estimation can be employed to improve the visual experience of the user by enabling adaptive level of detail during rendering. In...
Javier E. Martínez, Ali Erol, George Bebis,...
CGI
2004
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
An Efficient Central Path Algorithm for Virtual Navigation
We give an efficient, scalable, and simple algorithm for computation of a central path for navigation in closed virtual environments. The algorithm requires less preprocessing and...
Parag Chaudhuri, Rohit Khandekar, Deepak Sethi, Pr...
ICRA
1999
IEEE
106views Robotics» more  ICRA 1999»
13 years 11 months ago
MINERVA: A Second-Generation Museum Tour-Guide Robot
This paper describes an interactive tour-guide robot, which was successfully exhibited in a Smithsonian museum. During its two weeks of operation, the robot interacted with more t...
Sebastian Thrun, Maren Bennewitz, Wolfram Burgard,...