• Journal of Construction Engineering and Project Management
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• v.9 no.4
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• pp.16-33
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• 2019

The increasing size and complexity of modern construction projects demands mature capabilities of onsite personnel with regard to recognizing unsafe situations. Construction safety training is paper or computer-based and suffers from a distinct gap between the classroom training environment and real-world construction sites; even trained personnel can find it difficult to recognize many of the potential safety hazards at their jobsites even after receiving construction safety training. Immersive technologies can overcome the current limitations in construction safety training by reducing the gap between the classroom and a real construction environment. This research developed and tested a new Augmented Reality (AR)-based assessment tool to evaluate the hazard recognition skills of students majoring in construction management as part of a construction safety course. The quantitative and qualitative results of this research confirmed that AR-based assessment can become a very effective assessment tool to evaluate safety knowledge and skills in a construction safety course, outperforming both paper and computer-based assessment methods. The students preferred AR-based assessment because it provides a realistic visual context for real world safety hazards.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2020.11a
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• pp.70-71
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• 2020

In the era of autonomous ships, artificial intelligence technology will be able to provide a more advanced immersive experience by combining AR and VR. Immersion technology can provide a real-like experience and sensibility by dazzling the five senses of the user. In autonomous operation through VR or AR, it is necessary to provide a natural environment in which seafarers can immerse themselves in navigation and interact with virtual ships. In this study, in preparation for the era of autonomous ships, what are the key characteristics that seafarer can realize immersive user experience during autonomous navigation through VR or AR.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.28 no.3
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• pp.67-73
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• 2023

Under the influence of COVID-19, as a measure of social distancing for about two years and one month, non-face-to-face services using ICT element technology are expanding not only to the education sector but to all fields. In particular, as educational programs using the Metaverse platform spread to various fields, educators, and learners have more learning experiences using Edutech, but problems through non-face-to-face learning such as reduced immersion or concentration in education are raising In this paper, to overcome the problems raised through non-face-to-face learning and develop metaverse immersive media digital contents to improve the educational environment, we utilize VR (Virtual Reality) based on an immersive metaverse to provide education / Training contents and the educational environment was established. In this paper, we presented a system to increase immersion and concentration in educational contents in a virtual environment using HMD (Head Mounted Display) for learners who are put into military education/training. Immersion was further improved.

• Journal of Korea Society of Digital Industry and Information Management
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• v.6 no.3
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• pp.131-139
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• 2010

Virtual reality(VR) technology allows users to experience the same sensation as if they look and feel real objects, and furthermore it enables users to experience phenomena in virtual environment which are difficult to illustrate in real world. A multichannel display is one of the virtual reality systems for generating high-quality images and guaranteeing a wide view angle using multiple projectors. In this work, we present the multichannel display system whose resolution is $4096{\times}1536$. We implement an automatic calibration (geometric and color) method for compensating the distorted image and color. The results clearly show the proposed system provides continuous and smooth images.

• Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.117-120
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• 2004

Immersive virtual reality provides an effective way of visualizing and analyzing various spatial data, such as wireline logs, three-dimensional seismic, and interpreted geologic boundaries, and etc. Although it is a valuable tool for oil and gas exploration, its usage has been limited to a specific area because of its high development costs. This paper describes the development of an immersive virtual reality system, known as CAVE (Cave Automatic Virtual Environment) that maximizes immersiveness with reasonable prices by using general purpose PC and projectors.

• The Journal of Korea Robotics Society
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• v.3 no.2
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• pp.137-145
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• 2008

We present the initial results of on-going research for building a novel Mobile Haptic Interface (MHI) that can provide an unlimited haptic workspace in large immersive virtual environments. When a user explores a large virtual environment, the MHI can sense the position and orientation of the user, place itself to an appropriate configuration, and deliver force feedback, thereby enabling a virtually limitless workspace. Our MHI (PoMHI v0.5) features with omnidirectional mobility, a collision-free motion planning algorithm, and force feedback for general environment models. We also provide experimental results that show the fidelity of our mobile haptic interface.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.10 no.8
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• pp.1-10
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• 2010

For virtual education, the multimodal learning environment with haptic feedback, termed 'immersive textbook', is necessary to enhance the learning effectiveness. However, the learning contents for immersive textbook are not widely available due to the constraints in creation and playback environments. To address this problem, we propose a framework for producing and displaying the multimodal contents for immersive textbook. Our framework provides an XML-based meta-language to produce the multimodal learning contents in the form of intuitive script. Thus it can help the user, without any prior knowledge of multimodal interactions, produce his or her own learning contents. The contents are then interpreted by script engine and delivered to the user by visual and haptic rendering loops. Also we implemented a prototype based on the aforementioned proposals and performed user evaluation to verify the validity of our framework.

• Journal of Internet of Things and Convergence
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.49-54
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• 2022

Immersive contents is content that provides a realistic experience by maximizing the user's five senses, and includes virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality. In order to provide a sense of reality to users in immersive content, it is necessary to provide realistic visual images, hearing, and touch. However, due to the rapid change in the environment for developing immersive content, experts in training human resources are having difficulties in designing the curriculum. In this study, we propose a series of educational courses that use drones to acquire and process real-world measurement data and apply the derived data to VR, AR, and MR to help experts in training immersive content develop talent. The design of training process composes through demand survey and analysis of companies, students, and local communities. This study can be a useful resource for education experts who want to train immersive contents manpower.

• 한국HCI학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2006.02a
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• pp.251-256
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• 2006

본 논문에서는 분산 촉각 가상 환경(DHVE; Distributed Haptic Virtual Environments)에서 촉각(haptic) 데이터가 어느 정도의 네트워크 트래픽을 가지며 또 효율적으로 통신 하는지에 대하여 실험하고 그 결과를 기술한다. 본 연구에서 제시하는 실험 데이터는 차세대 인터페이스로 떠오르는 촉각 장치의 높은 전송량과 실시간성을 요구하는 데이터가 분산 환경에서 서비스될 때 어떤 문제점을 가지는지에 대한 실질적이고 의미 있는 자료로 활용될 수 있을 것이다. 본 논문을 통해 우리는 기존의 분산 가상 환경들의 주요 논쟁점인 확장성(scalability), 안정성(safety) 등이 촉각 가상 환경에서는 어떻게 달라지는지 예측하고, 분산 가상 환경에서의 촉각 장치 활용의 유용성, 효율적인 네트워크 사용 방법, 촉각 기반 가상 환경이 구동될 수 있는 최저의 조건에 대해 고찰해 볼 수 있다. 본 논문은 차세대 인터페이스인 촉각 장치를 기존의 시스템에 안정적으로 추가하는 작업에 도움을 주며, 미래의 실감형 네트워크 가상 현실(Immersive Network Virtual Environment) 연구에 기초자료로 활용할 수 있을 것이다.

• Smart Media Journal
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• v.11 no.9
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• pp.75-80
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• 2022

Recently, research and development on immersive virtual reality(VR) technology to provide a realistic experience is being widely conducted. To provide realistic experience in immersive virtual reality for VR participants, virtual environments should consist of high-realistic environments using 3D reconstruction. In this paper, to acquire 3D information in real space using multiple cameras in the reconstruction process, we propose a novel method of optimal camera placement for accurate reconstruction to minimize distortion of 3D information. Through our approach in this paper, real 3D information can obtain with minimized errors during environment reconstruction, and it is possible to provide a more immersive experience with the created virtual environment.