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2009
IEEE
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Crafting Personalized Facial Avatars Using Editable Portrait and Photograph Example
Computer-generated facial avatars have been increasingly used in a variety of virtual reality applications. Emulating the real-world face sculpting process, we present an interact...
Tanasai Sucontphunt, Zhigang Deng, Ulrich Neumann
VR
2009
IEEE
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Does a Gradual Transition to the Virtual World increase Presence?
In order to increase a user’s sense of presence in an artificial environment some researchers propose a gradual transition from reality to the virtual world instead of immersin...
Frank Steinicke, Gerd Bruder, Klaus Hinrichs, Anth...
VR
2009
IEEE
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Indoor vs. Outdoor Depth Perception for Mobile Augmented Reality
We tested users’ depth perception of virtual objects in our mobile augmented reality (AR) system in both indoor and outdoor environments using a depth matching task. The indoor ...
Mark A. Livingston, Zhuming Ai, J. Edward Swan II,...
VR
2009
IEEE
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Effects of Latency and Spatial Jitter on 2D and 3D Pointing
We investigate the effects of input device latency and spatial jitter on 2D pointing tasks and a 3D movement. First, we characterize jitter and latency in a 3D tracking device and...
Robert J. Teather, Andriy Pavlovych, Wolfgang St&u...
VR
2009
IEEE
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Exploring Co-presence for Next Generation Technical Support
Sinem Güven, Mark Podlaseck, Gopal Sarma Ping...
VR
2009
IEEE
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A Distributed Cooperative Framework for Continuous Multi-Projector Pose Estimation
We present a novel calibration framework for multi-projector displays that achieves continuous geometric calibration by estimating and refining the poses of all projectors in an ...
Tyler Johnson, Greg Welch, Henry Fuchs, Eric La Fo...
VR
2009
IEEE
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Can Camera Motions Improve the Perception of Traveled Distance in Virtual Environments?
This paper reports one experiment conducted to evaluate the influence of oscillating camera motions on the perception of traveled distances in virtual environments. In the experi...
Léo Terziman, Anatole Lécuyer, S&eac...
VR
2009
IEEE
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Virtual Experiences for Social Perspective-Taking
This paper proposes virtual social perspective-taking (VSP). In VSP, users are immersed in an experience of another person to aid in understanding the person’s perspective. User...
Andrew Raij, Aaron Kotranza, D. Scott Lind, Benjam...
VR
2009
IEEE
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Spatialized Haptic Rendering: Providing Impact Position Information in 6DOF Haptic Simulations Using Vibrations
In this paper we introduce a “Spatialized Haptic Rendering” technique to enhance 6DOF haptic manipulation of virtual objects with impact position information using vibrations....
Jean Sreng, Anatole Lécuyer, Claude Andriot...
VR
2009
IEEE
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Measurement Protocols for Medium-Field Distance Perception in Large-Screen Immersive Displays
How do users of virtual environments perceive virtual space? Many experiments have explored this question, but most of these have used head-mounted immersive displays. This paper ...
Eric Klein, J. Edward Swan II, Gregory S. Schmidt,...