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VR
2007
IEEE
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The Influence of Visual Appearance of User's Avatar on the Manipulation of Objects in Virtual Environments
This paper describes an experiment conducted to study the influence of visual appearance of user’s avatar (or 3D cursor) on the manipulation of virtual objects in Virtual Enviro...
Abdelmajid Kadri, Anatole Lécuyer, Jean-Mar...
VR
2007
IEEE
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Tactile Feedback at the Finger Tips for Improved Direct Interaction in Immersive Environments
We present a new tactile feedback system for finger-based interactions in immersive virtual reality applications. The system consists of tracked thimbles for the fingers with shap...
Robert Scheibe, Mathias Moehring, Bernd Froehlich
VR
2007
IEEE
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Active Text Drawing Styles for Outdoor Augmented Reality: A User-Based Study and Design Implications
A challenge in presenting augmenting information in outdoor augmented reality (AR) settings lies in the broad range of uncontrollable environmental conditions that may be present,...
Joseph L. Gabbard, J. Edward Swan II, Deborah Hix,...
VR
2007
IEEE
14 years 2 months ago
Designing and Evaluating a Haptic System for Biomolecular Education
In this paper we present an in situ evaluation of a haptic system, with a representative test population, we aim to determine what, if any, benefit haptics can have in a biomolec...
Petter Bivall Persson, Matthew D. Cooper, Lena A. ...
VR
2007
IEEE
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GroundCam: A Tracking Modality for Mobile Mixed Reality
Anywhere Augmentation pursues the goal of lowering the initial investment of time and money necessary to participate in mixed reality work, bridging the gap between researchers in...
Stephen DiVerdi, Tobias Höllerer
VR
2007
IEEE
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Real-time Volumetric Haptic and Visual Burrhole Simulation
This paper describes real-time volumetric haptic and visual algorithms developed to simulate burrhole creation for a Virtual Realitybased craniotomy surgical simulator. A modifie...
Eric Acosta, Alan Liu
VR
2007
IEEE
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VRFire: an Immersive Visualization Experience for Wildfire Spread Analysis
Wildfires are a frequent summer-time concern for land managers and communities neighboring wildlands throughout the world. Computational simulations have been developed to help an...
William R. Sherman, Michael Penick, Simon Su, Timo...
VR
2007
IEEE
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Effective Cooperative Haptic Interaction over the Internet
We present a system that enables, for the first time, effective transatlantic cooperative haptic manipulation of objects whose motion is computed using a physically-based model. ...
Mashhuda Glencross, Caroline Jay, Jeff Feasel, Luv...
VR
2007
IEEE
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Single View Camera Calibration for Augmented Virtual Environments
Augmented Virtual Environments (AVE) are very effective in the application of surveillance, in which multiple video streams are projected onto a 3D urban model for better visualiz...
Lu Wang, Suya You, Ulrich Neumann
VR
2007
IEEE
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A GPU Sub-pixel Algorithm for Autostereoscopic Virtual Reality
Autostereoscopic displays enable unencumbered immersive virtual reality, but at a significant computational expense. This expense impacts the feasibility of autostereo displays in...
Robert Kooima, Tom Peterka, Javier Girado, Jinghua...