• Journal of the Speleological Society of Korea
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• no.93
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• pp.33-41
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• 2009

Precise measurements of cave and geographic information systems(GIS) is effective for the systematic management of cave and process to estimate the change of basis will be.

• Science of Emotion and Sensibility
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.1-7
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• 2004

This study aims to validate the effectiveness of CAVE system with an Arm-Master in the evaluation of virtual prototypes. A virtual kitchen with a refrigerator was presented in the CAVE system. Subjects put in and pull out virtual objects by using the Arm-Master. Twelve subjects, six males and six females, participated in the six experimental conditions : three types of refrigerator door grips and two reaction forces. After each trial, subjects evaluated a door grip of the virtual refrigerator in terms of easiness of operation, similarity in force, presence etc. The results show the mean values of vortical-type door grips are greater than the horizontal pocket-type door grip. Also the subjects preferred 5N in the reaction force of the Arm-Master rather than 15 N when they open and close virtual door. Unexpectedly, female subjects significantly marked low scores in the evaluation terms compared ruth mali subjects. It explains the Arm-Master should be modified much more if it works effectively in design evaluation.

• Journal of KIISE:Computing Practices and Letters
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• v.8 no.6
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• pp.679-691
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• 2002

Volume visualization is an important subarea of scientific visualization, and is concerned with techniques that are effectively used in generating meaningful and visual information from abstract and complex volume datasets, defined in three- or higher-dimensional space. It has been increasingly important in various fields including meteorology, medical science, and computational fluid dynamics, and so on. On the other hand, virtual reality is a research field focusing on various techniques that aid gaining experiences in virtual worlds with visual, auditory and tactile senses. In this paper, we have developed a visualization system for CAVE, an immersive 3D virtual environment system, which generates stereoscopic images from huge human volume datasets in real-time using an improved volume visualization technique. In order to complement the 3D texture-mapping based volume rendering methods, that easily slow down as data sizes increase, our system utilizes an image-based rendering technique to guarantee real-time performance. The system has been designed to offer a variety of user interface functionality for effective visualization. In this article, we present detailed description on our real-time stereoscopic visualization system, and show how the Visible Korean Human dataset is effectively visualized on CAVE.

• Journal of KIISE:Computer Systems and Theory
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• v.33 no.6
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• pp.354-362
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• 2006

This paper suggests a method for generating high qualify stereo video avatar to support visual communication in a CAVE$^{TM}$-like system. In such a system because of frequent change of light projected onto screens around user, it is not easy to extract user silhouette robustly, which is an essential step to generate a video avatar. In this study, we use an infrared reflective image acquired by a grayscale camera with a longpass filter so that the change of visible light on a screen is blocked to extract robust user silhouette. In addition, using two color cameras positioned at a distance of a binocular disparity of human eyes, we acquire two stereo images of the user for fast generation and stereoscopic display of a high quality video avatar without 3D reconstruction. We also suggest a fitting algorithm of a silhouette mask on an infrared reflective image into an acquired color image to remove background. Generated stereo images of a video avatar are texture mapped into a plane in virtual world and can be displayed in stereoscopic using frame sequential stereo method. Suggested method have advantages that it generates high quality video avatar taster than 3D approach and it gives stereoscopic feeling to a user 2D based approach can not provide.

• Journal of Korea Game Society
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• v.4 no.3
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• pp.11-20
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• 2004

Virtual reality that we have seen from the movies in 80's and 90's is hawing near based on the rapid progress of science together with a computer technology. Various virtual reality system developments (such as VRML, HMD FishTank, Wall Type, CAVE Type, and so on) and the advancement of those systems make for the embodiment of virtual reality that gives more sense of the real. Virtual reality is so immersive that makes people feel like they are in that environment and enable them to manipulate without experiencing the environment at first hand that is hard to experience in reality. Virtual reality can be applied to the spheres, such as education, high-level programming, remote control, surface exploration of the remote satellite, analysis of exploration data, scientific visualization, and so on. For some connote examples, there are training of a tank and an aeroplane operation, fumiture layout design, surgical operation practice, game, and so on. In these virtual reality systems, the actual operation of the human participant and virtual workspace are connected each other to the hardware that stimulates the five senses adequately to lend the sense of the immersion. There are still long way to go, however, before long it will be possible to have the same feeling in the virtual reality as human being can have by further study and effort. In this thesis, the basic definition, the general idea, and the kind of virtual reality were discussed. Especially, CAVE typed in reality that is highly immersive was analyzed in definition, and then the method of VR programming and modeling in the virtual reality system were suggested by showing the restoration process of Kyongbok Palace (as the content of the original form of the culture) that was made by KISTI(Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information) in 2003 through design process in virtual reality system. Through these processes, utilization of the immersive virtual reality system was discussed and how to take advantage of this CAVE typed virtual reality system at the moment was studied. In closing the problems that had been exposed in the process of the restoration of the cultural property were described and the utilization plan of the virtual reality system was suggested.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2004.05a
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• pp.825-828
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• 2004

몰입형 가상현실 시스템의 발전은 더욱 현실감 있는 가상 현실의 구현을 가능케 했으며, 이런 몰입형 가상 현실의 현실감으로 인해 자동차 설계나 시뮬레이션 실험 등의 공학 분야에서부터 의료 분야에 이르기까지, 가상 현실은 그 실용 범위를 꾸준히 넓힐 수 있었다. 최근에는 문화재 복원 분야에 몰입형 가상현실 시스템을 사용하는 연구가 활발하게 이뤄지고 있으며, 가상현실과 네트워크 환경을 접목해서 원거리에 있는 시스템 사용자들 간에 컨텐츠를 공유하고 상호작용을 교류하는 가상 협업 시스템도 실용화 단계에 이르렀다. 본 논문에서는 가상협업환경에 가상 문화재 복원이라는 컨텐츠를 접목시킨 소프트웨어의 설계와 구현에 관해 논한다. 복원에 사용된 컨텐츠는 1868 년 흥선대원군이 중건했을 당시의 경복궁이며, 경복궁의 3D 모델링 데이터를 몰입형 가상 현실 시스템인 CAVE 환경에서 가시화하고 협업 환경을 구축하는데 구현의 초점을 맞추었다. 몰입형 가상 현실을 사용한 협업 시스템은 협업환경을 필요로 하는 모든 응용 분야를 확장해서 사용자의 이해도와 체험도를 최대로 이끌어낼 수 있으므로, 향수 다양한 분야로 그 범위를 확장해서 적용할 수 있다.

• Journal of the Speleological Society of Korea
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• no.64
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• pp.13-26
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• 2004

In this paper, it was studied to investigate and apply the optimal method for well-management of cave with use of solar-cell power source and electro-luminescent tape of illuminating equipment of flat light - lamp for build up the pro-environmental management system of the long way cave on the mountain or the others.

• Proceedings of the Korea Society for Simulation Conference
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• 2003.06a
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• pp.19-22
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• 2003

가상현실을 응용한 의료 시뮬레이션은 가상의 3차원 인체모델을 대상으로 위험부담 없이 정확하고 반복적인 훈련 및 교육을 할 수 있는 환경을 제공하기 때문에 의료 시뮬레이션 분야에 도입되어 효과적으로 활용될 수 있다. 본 논문에서는, 사용자와의 상호작용이 가능하고, 기존의 데스크탑 기반 모니터와 테이블 형태의 가상환경 보다 몰입된 가상공간을 체험할 수 있도록 해주는 CAVE$^{TM}$-like 시스템에서의 수술실 환경 프로토타입을 구현하였다. 이를 위하여, 인체의 주요 장기와 뼈를 삼차원 모델로 생성하고, 이 삼차원 모델과 동시에 이에 대한 이차원 단면 영상과 각각의 명칭 및 구조를 설명하는 해부도를 제공하도록 하였다. 또한 실제 수술실과 유사한 환경을 제공해 줌으로써 몰입감을 향상시킨다. 이에 덧붙여 VRML의 센서와 자바 스크립트를 사용하여 인터렉션을 제공하며 보다 현실감 있는 환경을 제공한다

• Journal of the Speleological Society of Korea
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• no.95
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• pp.15-21
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• 2009

Global village warming and carbon dioxide CO2 gas, and the human efforts for their healing and necessary alternative technology would be much more difficult things than that of making necessary funds and efforts to lay to sleep angry nature on the earth. The limited natural resources of fossil fuel would be dried up in several decades, and the intensity of diplomatic negotiations for natural resource guarantee among countries may be showed looking alike an war. The drain of fossil fuel called a new word of alternative policy like an environment-friendly green-growth, and the solar-cell and lighting technology for the solar energy applications were developed still more repeatedly day by day from oil lantern to LED high-tech illumination in great economy. Therefore, it was studied that the low-carbon green-growth illumination technology in cave applications with SOLAR-LED system which was produced and unified in connection with solar-cell and LED from the semiconductor production technology, and it was also clarified in necessary with useful cave lighting in heatless and with no photosynthesis of plant production in underground space.

• Proceedings of the Korea Contents Association Conference
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• 2004.11a
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• pp.56-61
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• 2004

청개천 복원 공사가 시작되고 청계고가가 사라지고 예전의 청계천 모습을 사람들은 기대하고 있다. 우리나라 뿐만아니라 세계의 여러 나라는 지금 자국의 빛난 옛 문화에 대한 복원사업을 계속해서 추진하고 있다. 이만큼 문화컨텐츠분야는 자국의 역사의 재확립이라는 면에서 중요시되고 있는 것이다. 문화컨텐츠 복원은 다양한 방법으로 이루어지고 있는데 이 논문에서는 몰입형 가상현실 시스템을 이용하여 고증을 거친 문화 컨텐츠의 복원 과정을 다루고자 한다. 가상현실 시스템에서의 복원과 실제의 복원과정의 차이점을 알아보고 이러한 문화 컨텐츠 복원이 VR측면에서 어떠한 가치를 가지고 있는가 또한 알아본다. 그리고 이러한 몰입형 가상현실 시스템을 가지고 문화컨텐츠의 복원뿐만 아니라 다른 문화컨텐츠 분야에의 활용방안을 이 논문을 통하여 제시한다.