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ISRR
2001
Springer
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13 years 12 months ago
Towards a Realistic Medical Simulator using Virtual Environments and Haptic Interaction
This paper presents our experience towards the conception of a virtual reality medical simulator coupled with haptic interaction aimed at training surgeons. This area of research h...
Christian Laugier, César Mendoza, Kenneth S...
GI
2001
Springer
13 years 12 months ago
Studierstube: An Application Environment for Multi-User Games in Virtual Reality
: Studierstube is an operating system for applications in virtual reality. It supports multiple users collaborating in a distributed system. While initially developed for scientifi...
Anton L. Fuhrmann, Werner Purgathofer
DAWAK
2001
Springer
13 years 12 months ago
Towards a Novel OLAP Interface for Distributed Data Warehouses
We present a framework for visualizing remote distributed data sources using a multi-user immersive virtual reality environment. DIVE-ON is a system prototype that consolidates dis...
Ayman Ammoura, Osmar R. Zaïane, Randy Goebel
VRST
2009
ACM
14 years 3 days ago
Crime scene robot and sensor simulation
Virtual reality has been proposed as a training regime for a large number of tasks from surgery rehearsal (cf. [Robb et al. 1996], to combat simulation (cf. [U. S. Congress, Offi...
Robert Codd-Downey, Michael Jenkin
VR
2002
IEEE
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14 years 10 days ago
Pop Through Button Devices for VE Navigation and Interaction
We present a novel class of virtual reality input devices that combine pop through buttons with 6 DOF trackers. Compared to similar devices that use conventional buttons, pop thro...
Robert C. Zeleznik, Joseph J. LaViola Jr., Daniel ...
VR
2002
IEEE
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14 years 10 days ago
Perceived Egocentric Distances in Real, Image-Based, and Traditional Virtual Environments
In virtual environments, perceived egocentric distances are consistently underestimated when compared to the same distance judgments in the real world. The research presented in t...
Peter Willemsen, Amy Gooch
VR
2002
IEEE
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14 years 10 days ago
Handling Heterogeneity in Networked Virtual Environments
The availability of inexpensive and powerful graphics cards as well as fast Internet connections make Networked Virtual Environments viable for millions of users and many new appl...
Helmuth Trefftz, Ivan Marsic, Michael Zyda
VR
2002
IEEE
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14 years 10 days ago
Efficient Manipulation of Object Groups in Virtual Environments
In this paper, we describe simple techniques for object group manipulation, an important operation in user interaction with a Virtual Environment. All presented manipulation techn...
Wolfgang Stürzlinger, Graham Smith
VR
2002
IEEE
210views Virtual Reality» more  VR 2002»
14 years 10 days ago
Distributed Applications for Collaborative Augmented Reality
This paper focuses on the distributed architecture of the collaborative augmented reality system Studierstube. The system allows multiple users to experience a shared 3D workspace...
Dieter Schmalstieg, Gerd Hesina