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- A SWOT Analysis Of The Field Of Virtual Rehabilitation
- Virtual Reality VR has now emerged as a promising tool in many domains of therapy and rehabilitation. What makes VR application development in the therapy and rehabilitation sciences so distinctively important is that it represents more than a simple linear extension of existing computer technology for human use. VR offers...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- A Flexible Prototyping Tool for 3D Real-Time User-Interaction
- The white paper deals with the High interactivity in real-time environments that requires new system design concepts for virtual reality environments. The paper defines the understanding of a modern system and describes the prototypical system lightning, which addresses some of the new features and thus these techniques serves the main...
- White papers 2000-02-07
- An End-To-End Communication Architecture for Collaborative Virtual Environments
- Synchronous collaboration in virtual reality spaces has specific requirements that differ from those of other application data, leading to a different communication approach. Update messages corresponding to the change in the state of a shared object must be communicated both reliably and in a timely manner among users. While a...
- White papers 2000-10-26
- Model-Based Face and Lip Animation for Interactive Virtual Reality Applications
- This white paper describes an experimental performance-driven animation system for an avatar face using model-based video coding and audio-track driven lip animation. Model-based video coding, also known as knowledge-based video coding, has emerged as a very low bit rate video compression method suitable for videoconferencing and interactive virtual reality applications....
- White papers 2001-07-20
- Integrating Operations Simulation Results With an Immersive Virtual Reality Environment
- This paper demonstrates the utilization of immersive virtual reality environments in the investigation of operations simulation results. The paper outlines the benefits offered by virtual reality over the traditional two-dimensional computer interfaces, such as the monitor, keyboard and mouse. The paper describes the state of the art in the area...
- White papers 2004-11-11
- 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 scientific visualization, the generic approach supports almost any kind of VR application on a wide range of VR-hardware. Inherent concepts of Studierstube - like real-time graphics, high-level...
- White papers 2001-07-31
- Specification of VRML in Color Rapid Prototyping
- The STL or Stereo lithography format, established by 3D systems, gathers the geometric data of the model in a number of triangular surfaces. It can be in ASCII or binary format, and is a de facto standard in the Rapid Prototyping RP world. RP has developed greatly over the last...
- White papers 2003-02-14
- Industrial Applications of Virtual Reality in Architecture and Construction
- This paper reports on a study of industrial applications of virtual reality in construction. A multiple case study approach is taken and eleven organizations that are lead users of the technology are studied. Their strategies and business drivers for the use of virtual reality are identified and emerging patterns of...
- White papers 2003-05-01
- Visualization of Structural Steel Product Models
- A visual interface has been developed to provide a means for users to visualize the steel structure represented by a CIMsteel Integration Standards Release 2 (CIS/2) file. A CIS/2 file provides for the electronic exchange of data directly between various steel CAD software applications. Using a web-accessible translator, objects in...
- White papers 2003-05-01
- Utilizing Virtual Environments in Construction Projects
- Construction projects can gain major benefits from application of virtual environments. The virtual reality techniques help designers to communicate with each other, as well as with the decision makers and with the end-users. In the future, the whole product model of a new building should form one virtual building, which...
- White papers 2003-05-01
- Managing the Information Superhighway: A Report on the Issues Facing Communication Professionals
- To public relations professionals, the Web is both a powerful tool of communication as well as a dangerous threat to organizational well being. Properly used, the Web represents the ultimate communication tool for building relationships between and organization and its publics, both internal and external. The Web can deliver messages...
- White papers 2001-11-05
- The Efficacy of Playing a Virtual Reality Game in Modulating Pain for Children With Acute Burn Injuries: A Randomized Controlled Trial [ISRCTN87413556]
- The management of burn injuries is reported as painful, distressing and a cause of anxiety in children and their parents. This study investigates whether playing a Virtual Reality VR game, decreases procedural pain in children aged 5-18 years with acute burn injuries. The paper reports on the findings of a...
- White papers 2005-03-03
- The Virtual Reality Concept for the Warehouse Simulation Model Implementation
- This paper presents a method of warehouse simulation model implementation using concepts of Virtual Reality VR. The basic idea is to compare the "Real process" controlled by operator with his/her heuristics to the "Virtual process" represented by a simulation model, controlled by the optimization algorithm. The optimization algorithm is based...
- White papers 2005-07-04
- VAG: A Game of Agribusiness Supply Chain Strategy
- The Virtual Reality Agribusiness World VAG is a prototype animated, interactive, three-dimensional virtual environment model of a supply chain in the agribusiness sector and has been developed as a CD-based game of strategy. Users players have to both create their supply chain by choosing the components that make it up,...
- White papers 2006-03-14
- Integrated Sled Testing, Computer Modeling, And Scientific Visualization
- A study examined the use of virtual reality imagery in conjunction with MADYMO MAthematical DYnamical MOdels computational modeling to facilitate prototype development and existing-design optimization of crashworthy Child Restraint Systems CRS. The purpose of this paper is twofold. The first describes the efforts to predict strains induced on the surface...
- White papers 2004-03-05
- Reality-Driven Virtual Wheel Loader Operation
- Virtual Prototyping VP tools enable us to investigate, explore, and communicate the performance and behavior of an evolving product and thus reduce the number of physical prototypes needed. Finite Element FE and MultiBody Simulation MBS tools are frequently used for virtual prototyping in mechanical engineering today. These tools can effectively...
- White papers 2005-11-08
- Two-Step 3-Dimensional Sketching Tool For New Product Development
- This paper discusses a two-step virtual reality based conceptual design tool that enables industrial designers to create sketches of their ideas in 3-dimensional space in real time. In the developed sketching tool, the rough shapes of products are generated by tracing the trajectory of the data-gloves worn by the designer....
- White papers 2004-11-11
- Using Advanced Visualization Tools To Improve Construction Education
- With advancements in software applications and computer display technology, it is now possible to place construction students within a large-scale, immersive projection display that allows them to experience and experiment with a 3D, full-scale virtual model of a construction project. This advanced visual communication can significantly improve the ability of...
- White papers 2003-09-24
- Using Virtual Reality To Improve Construction Engineering Education
- This paper presents ongoing research to improve construction education through the use of virtual reality and 4D CAD Computer Aided Design modeling (3D design plus time) of construction processes and projects. The authors have implemented 4D CAD modeling into the undergraduate Architectural Engineering program. The authors are also experimenting with...
- White papers 2003-04-09
- A Critical Review Of Decision Support Systems For Construction Project Planning
- The scheduling of activities is of vital importance for the delivery of a successful construction project. Traditionally experienced construction planners, with in-depth knowledge of potential conflict between various construction tasks, generate the project plan. This information is then communicated to other members of the project team by means of a...
- White papers 2003-04-09
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