Browsing IPT/EGVE 2005: 9th International Workshop on Immersive Projection Technology, 11th Eurographics Workshop on Virtual Enviroments by Issue Date

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    • Language Learning in Virtual Environments: Bobo and Apples 

      Holmen, H.; Nielsen, F. (The Eurographics Association, 2005)
      Bobo and Apples is one of the prototype games within SAME4KIDS (Speech-based,Animated, Multilingual,Educational games for Kids, http://same4kids.sourceforge.net/ ), a multi-language and multi-purpose games project for ...

    • Distributed Software-Based Volume Visualization in a Virtual Environment 

      Fuhrmann, A. L.; Splechtna, R. C.; Mroz, L.; Hauser, H. (The Eurographics Association, 2005)
      In this paper we present our integration of volume rendering into virtual reality, combining a fast and flexible software implementation of direct volume rendering with the intuitive manipulation and navigation techniques ...

    • Optical Tracking and Calibration of Tangible Interaction Devices 

      Rhijn, Arjen van; Mulder, Jurriaan D. (The Eurographics Association, 2005)
      In this paper, a novel optical tracking and object calibration system is presented for the recognition and pose estimation of tangible interaction devices for virtual and augmented reality systems. The calibration system ...

    • Modeling of Trees with 3D Gestures and Growth Simulation 

      Murakami, N.; Onishi, K.; Kitamura, Y.; Kishino, F. (The Eurographics Association, 2005)
      We propose a modeling system that enables users to create tree models with 3D gesture input. It generates tree models by using growth simulation based on the trunk or silhouette shapes of trees given by user gestures. The ...

    • Low-Cost, Portable, Multi-Wall Virtual Reality 

      Miller, Samuel A.; Misch, Noah J.; Dalton, Aaron J. (The Eurographics Association, 2005)
      Virtual reality systems make compelling outreach displays, but some systems highly suitable for outreach, notably the CAVE, have design features that make using them for that purpose inconvenient. In the case of the CAVE, ...

    • Dynamic Bounding Volume Hierarchies for Occlusion Culling 

      Kovalcík, Vít; Tobola, Petr (The Eurographics Association, 2005)
      We present an algorithm for rendering complex scenes using occlusion queries to resolve visibility. To organize objects in the scene, the algorithm uses a ternary tree which is dynamically modified according to the current ...

    • Pseudo-Physical Interaction with a Virtual Car Interior in Immersive Environments 

      Moehring, Mathias; Froehlich, Bernd (The Eurographics Association, 2005)
      The use of Virtual Reality technology for the product engineering process in the automotive industry has a lot of potential in particular in the area of usability and reachability studies. We analyzed the manipulation ...

    • Näprä - Affordable Fingertip Tracking with Ultrasound 

      Reunanen, M.; Palovuori, K.; Ilmonen, T.; Mäkelä, W. (The Eurographics Association, 2005)
      In this paper we present Näprä, a novel tracking device suitable for fine motor interaction. The motivation for building the device was the need to track users' fingertips in an immersive free-hand drawing environment. ...

    • Augmented Reality Interaction for Semiautomatic Volume Classification 

      Río, A. del; Fischer, J.; Köbele, M.; Bartz, D.; Straßer, W. (The Eurographics Association, 2005)
      In the visualization of 3D medical data, the appropriateness of the achieved result is highly dependent on the application. Therefore, an intuitive interaction with the user is of utter importance in order to determine the ...

    • Virtual Pockets in Virtual Reality 

      Ilmonen, Tommi; Reunanen, Markku (The Eurographics Association, 2005)
      This paper presents the use of the virtual pocket user interface metaphor in virtual environments (VEs). Virtual pockets act like real-world pockets ó the user can put tools into pockets and select them with simple gestures. ...

    • Real-time Deformation of Detailed Geometry Based on Mappings to a Less Detailed Physical Simulation on the GPU 

      Mosegaard, J.; Sørensen, T. S. (The Eurographics Association, 2005)
      Modern graphics processing units (GPUs) can be effectively used to solve physical systems. To use the GPU optimally, the discretization of the physical system is often restricted to a regular grid. When grid values represent ...

    • Binaural Acoustics For CAVE-like Environments Without Headphones 

      Assenmacher, I.; Kuhlen, T.; Lentz, T. (The Eurographics Association, 2005)
      The human auditory system, in contrast to the human visual system, can perceive input from all directions and has no limited field of view. As such, it provides valuable cues for navigation and orientation in virtual ...

    • Towards a general concept for distributed visualisation of simulations in Virtual Reality environments 

      J.Metze,; Neidhold, B.; Wacker, M. (The Eurographics Association, 2005)
      We present a concept for Virtual Reality-Systems that allows easy design and implementation of applications in virtual environments as well as fast integration of new hardware and software components into an existing system ...

    • Imperceptible Projection Blanking for Reliable Segmentation within Mixed Reality Applications 

      Kuechler, M.; Kunz, A. (The Eurographics Association, 2005)
      Applications that run in a projection-based mixed reality environment frequently require simultaneous image acquisition of the user by a camera. For later processing, very often a segmentation of the user s image is required, ...

    • Colosseum3D Authoring framework for Virtual Environments 

      Backman, Anders (The Eurographics Association, 2005)
      This paper describes an authoring environment for real time 3D environments, Colosseum3D. The framework makes it possible to easily create rich virtual environments with rigid-body dynamics, advanced rendering using OpenGL ...

    • Reducing Fragmentation in Telecollaboration by Using IPT Interfaces 

      Roberts, D.; Al-Liabi, M.; Wolff, R.; Otto, O.; Al-Khalifah, A. (The Eurographics Association, 2005)
      Telecommunication systems, such as AccessGrid, allow collaboration across a distributed team. However, these systems typically introduce fragmentation into the view of the shared environment. Many have found that IPT systems ...

    • IntenSelect: Using Dynamic Object Rating for Assisting 3D Object Selection 

      Haan, Gerwin de; Koutek, Michal; Post, Frits H. (The Eurographics Association, 2005)
      We present IntenSelect, a novel selection technique that dynamically assists the user in the selection of 3D objects in Virtual Environments. Ray-casting selection is commonly used, although it has limited accuracy and can ...

    • Experience of a Hybrid Information Space between an Outdoor Field and an Immersive Virtual World 

      Ogi, T.; Fujise, T. (The Eurographics Association, 2005)
      This paper proposes the concept of the hybrid information space that integrates the information seamlessly between the real world and the virtual world, and the prototype system was developed in which the immersive virtual ...

    • Evaluation of Collaborative Construction in Mixed Reality 

      Boschker, Breght R.; Mulder, Jurriaan D. (The Eurographics Association, 2005)
      Collaborative virtual and augmented reality are an active area of research and many systems supporting collaboration have been presented. Just like there are many different systems for VR and AR, there are many different ...

    • Feature Tracking in VR for Cumulus Cloud Life-Cycle Studies 

      Griffith, E. J.; Post, F. H.; Koutek, M.; Heus, T.; Jonker, H. J. J. (The Eurographics Association, 2005)
      Feature tracking in large data sets is traditionally an off-line, batch processing operation while virtual reality typically focuses on highly interactive tasks and applications. This paper presents an approach that uses ...