• Proceedings of the Korea Contents Association Conference
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• 2018.05a
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• pp.157-158
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• 2018

최근 세계적인 VR의 트렌드에 힘입어 가상현실 기술을 이용한 Digital Heritage VR콘텐츠가 속속 등장했다. 그러나 HMD 가상현실 콘텐츠의 단점들이 지적되고 있는데, VR기기가 1대당 1사람만 체험할 수 밖에 없다는 것이다. 이런 HMD VR 체험 인원에 대한 한계성때문에 점차 다수(多數)가 체험할 수 있는 가상현실에 대한 니즈(Needs)가 발생하고 있다. 본 고에서는 기존 HMD VR을 이용한 가상현실 콘텐츠가 아닌 다수(多數) 체험형이 가능한 가상현실 기법을 제시해 향후 박물관 전시관 테마파크등에 적용할 수 있는 보다 대중이 향후할 수 있는 가상현실 기법에 대한 가능성을 제시하고자 한다.

• 한국HCI학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2008.02a
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• pp.779-784
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• 2008

가상현실 시스템에서 체험자가 현실과 같은 몰입을 느끼기 위해서는 하드웨어를 통한 가상환경 구축과 체험자와의 상호작용이 중요하다. 본 논문에서는 위치 추적 시스템(Motion Tracking System), Wand(3D Mouse) 및 HoloPoint 등 다양한 VR 인터페이스를 통해 체험자의 움직임, 위치, 동작을 인식하고 대형 멀티 디스플레이 시스템을 통해 입체영상을 제공하는 가상환경을 구축하고 체험자가 원하는 정보를 상호작용(Interaction)으로 제공할 수 있는 가상 캠퍼스 안내 시스템을 구현하고자 한다. 가상 캠퍼스 구축은 캠퍼스의 지형, 건물 및 구조물들의 정확한 형상을 얻기 위해 3D 스캐너를 이용하였고 획득된 데이터는 일련의 과정들을 거쳐 3D 모델로 생성된다. 이렇게 생성된 모델을 재배치 및 최적화하기 위해 모델링 소프트웨어를 사용하였다. 구축된 가상 캠퍼스와 위치 추적 시스템 및 Wand의 연동을 위해 VR 프로그래밍 하여 체험자의 움직임 및 동작을 콘텐츠에 그대로 적용시켰다. 여기에 키오스크 유형의 HoloPoint를 이용하여 체험자의 손동작으로 상호작용하는 안내시스템도 구축하였다. 상호작용 가능한 가상캠퍼스 안내 시스템은 가상현실 시스템 구축에 대한 또 다른 방법과 활용 예를 제시함으로써 가상전시관 및 가상체험관 등에 활용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Contents Association Conference
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• 2017.05a
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• pp.11-12
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• 2017

고구려 고분벽화는 유네스코 세계문화유산이지만 남북한의 정치적 이데올로기로 말미암아 지금은 현장 접근이 불가능하다. 이에 가상현실 기술을 이용, 실제와 같은 체험 콘텐츠로 제작하였다. 이것은 인터렉티브한 가상현실을 체험할 수 있도록 사용자가 자유자재로 공간을 걸어다닐 수 있는 워킹형 가상현실(Walking VR) 기술을 적용한 것이다. 이는 관람자가 HTC-Vive의 컨트롤러를 이용하여 가고자하는 고구려 고분속 여러 벽화를 자유자재로 선택 가능한 인터렉티브 체험도 가능한 디지털 헤리티지형 VR콘텐츠다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Contents Association Conference
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• 2008.05a
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• pp.28-32
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• 2008

The displays and the interactive interfaces are important factors to enhance immersion in the VR experience pavilion. In the VR experience pavilion displaying 3D Virtual environment, it is difficult to have multi-display with single viewpoint because of the field of view. Also it costs a lot to construct a large size display. The interaction device between user and VR environment necessary to immersion has used mainly the touchscreens with the restricted display area or the button-based input devices so far. In this paper, we suggest a method for constructing extensible multi-display which are showing VR environment in realtime and a method for interaction using a ZA Sensor which is wireless and guarantees the user's unrestricted movement. The proposed method can make a VR experience pavilion more immersive at less cost.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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• v.17 no.5
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• pp.775-782
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• 2023

In order to overcome practical limitations in installing, managing and operating MRI machines with expensive equipment, this study developed and utilized virtual reality (VR) experience education by combining virtual reality (VR) with magnetic resonance imaging devices. The Students who experienced virtual reality-based educational systems were surveyed to identify possible side effects during the experience and self-directed learning ability and academic self-efficacy surveys were conducted to analyze the impact of virtual reality-based practice on learning. In the analysis of the self-directed learning ability survey there was no difference in the average between the student group who experienced education and the student group who did not but there was a significant difference in the average for each group. Virtual Reality-based practical education is expected to provide an efficient practice system by providing new learning methods and opportunities for education that can be repeated anytime, anywhere regardless of time and space.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2022.07a
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• pp.519-521
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• 2022

본 논문에서는 교통약자들의 이동제한 및 한계와 코로나 19로 인한 관광산업의 손실을 해결할 VR/360도 가상현실을 통한 웹 플랫폼 개발을 제안한다. 이 연구는 활용될 자원인 계절과 날씨자료를 효율적으로 촬영 및 준비하여 기존의 VR/360도의 가상현실을 최대화하고, 기존의 로드뷰 API 및 VR기기의 응용을 다양화한다. 또한, 이 연구는 '관광지를 방문한다'라는 개념을 실외뿐만이 아니라 실내에서도 사실적으로 체험할 수 있음을 제시한다. 이때 사실적인 체험을 더욱 극대화하기 위하여 VR/360도에 접목된 계절과 날씨의 콘텐츠를 구매할 수 있게 하여 소비자에게 선택지 내에서의 다양성을 주고, 단순 체험이 아닌 관광산업의 경제적 이윤으로 연결한다. 본 논문에서는 예상결과를 통하여 기존의 단순 VR/360도 체험을 통한 가상현실에 비해 좀 더 다양한 환경 조성을 통한 콘텐츠와 관광산업의 개선 및 경제성 면에서 발전성을 보인다.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.523-531
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• 2017

This paper tried to study how the narrative to allow the audience to emotionally immerse in documentary using virtual reality platform has shown. For this purpose, it defined the VR documentary as contents what make creative approach and rebuild reality using VR media platform, and analyzed it by comparison with narrative of existing documentary. First, the contents like succeeding journey documentary use mainly virtual realty as experience of accessibility. However the contents that have purpose to experience other people's reality show from self-narrative of first person documentary to interactive storytelling of web interactive documentary. The case of interactive VR documentary is taking a step forward from web documentary and shows easy way to reach internal purpose of documentary as making experience with virtual self. The VR documentary has a lot of possibility as virtual space experience to give accessibility and virtual self.

• Journal of Digital Contents Society
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• v.19 no.7
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• pp.1237-1244
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• 2018

Currently the bottleneck in virtual reality's commercialization might be that high cost VR equipment is needed and interesting VR contents are not enough. The purpose of this paper is to solve these problems by implementing low-cost VR system with wireless controller and HMD(Head Mounted Display) using a smart phone and PC. The functions of real HMD are simulated by utilizing the display and embedded sensors of a smart phone. In that situation PC is in charge of processing huge data and is communicated with smart phone. And wireless controller is designed to make VR user's movement to be free. In addition, we made the several VR contents for testing our prototype system directly. Easy access to VR equipment could induce increasing number of users and investment. And it will be a big step toward improving VR technology and its commercialization.

• Journal of the HCI Society of Korea
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.5-14
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• 2018

The Empathy for Dementia using Virtual Reality (EDuVR) system, developed by the Jeju Provincial Dementia Center, is a 3D video system capturing the experience of dementia in a first-person perspective using 360 degree vritual reality (VR) technology. It was developed to create a greater understanding of dementia and to help people empathize with individuals with dementia through an immersive VR experience. The EDuVR shows how a dementia patient has impairments in memory, orientation, language, judgment and problem solving, as well as problems with activities of daily living. The present study reported the effectiveness of the EDuVR experience in changing public awareness of, and attitude toward, dementia. Sixty-six participants were assigned to the EDuVR (n = 34) or the conventional education (n = 32) groups, and two types of questionnaires - attitude and awareness questionnaires - were administered to the subjects before and after the EDuVR experience or education. The simulator sickness and presence questionnaires were administered to the EDuVR group to assess cybersickness and presence of the VR experience. As a results, the attitude and awareness toward dementia patients changed positively in both the EDuVR and the conventional education groups, and these changes did not differ between two groups. Only one person reported a significant level of cybersicness after experiencing the EDuVR system. These results suggest that the EDuVR enhances the level of understanding and empathy for dementia and would be a useful tool for improving awareness in the general public.

• Journal of the Korea Computer Graphics Society
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• v.25 no.3
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• pp.11-20
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• 2019

In this study, a novel virtual reality (VR) experience environment is proposed for enabling walking adaptation of visually impaired people. The core of proposed VR environment is based on immersive walking interactions and deep learning based braille blocks recognition. To provide a realistic walking experience from the perspective of visually impaired people, a tracker-based walking process is designed for determining the walking state by detecting marching in place, and a controller-based VR white cane is developed that serves as the walking assistance tool for visually impaired people. Additionally, a learning model is developed for conducting comprehensive decision-making by recognizing and responding to braille blocks situated on roads that are followed during the course of directions provided by the VR white cane. Based on the same, a VR application comprising an outdoor urban environment is designed for analyzing the VR walking environment experience. An experimental survey and performance analysis were also conducted for the participants. Obtained results corroborate that the proposed VR walking environment provides a presence of high-level walking experience from the perspective of visually impaired people. Furthermore, the results verify that the proposed learning algorithm and process can recognize braille blocks situated on sidewalks and roadways with high accuracy.