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IDS
1994
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14 years 1 months ago
Virtual Environments for Data Sharing and Visualisation - Populated Information Terrains
The Concept of Populated Information Terrains (PITS) aims to extend database technology with key ideas from the new fields of Virtual Reality (VR) and Computer Supported Cooperativ...
Steve Benford, John A. Mariani
ACMDIS
2008
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
Constructivism, virtual reality and tools to support design
This paper describes a process for creating a design tool, which is based in constructivism. The process is described for the creation of a tool to help novices in designing virtu...
Cara Winterbottom, Edwin H. Blake
IWUC
2004
13 years 10 months ago
Protecting People on the Move through Virtual Personal Security
Ensuring personal safety for people on the move is becoming a heightened priority in today's uncertain environment. Traditional approaches are no longer adequate in meeting ri...
Dadong Wan, Anatole Gershman
HAPTICS
2008
IEEE
14 years 3 months ago
A Vibrotactile Device for Display of Virtual Ground Materials in Walking
We present a floor tile designed to provide the impression of walking on different ground materials, such as gravel, carpet, or stone. The device uses affordable and commerciall...
Yon Visell, Jeremy R. Cooperstock, Bruno L. Giorda...
ICAC
2006
IEEE
14 years 3 months ago
Towards Autonomic Grid Data Management with Virtualized Distributed File Systems
Grid data management is a challenging task because of the heterogeneous, dynamic and largescale nature of Grid environments. This paper proposes an autonomic Grid data management ...
Ming Zhao 0002, Jing Xu, Renato J. O. Figueiredo