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Integration of Binocular Stereopsis and Haptic Sensation in Virtual Environment

  • Ishii, Masahiro;Cai, Yi;Sato, Makolto
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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    • 1998.06b
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    • pp.67-72
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    • 1998
  • The paper aims to present a new human-scale haptic advice for virtual environment named Scaleable-SPIDAR (Space Interface Device for Artificial Reality), which can provides different aspects of force feedback sensations, associated mainly with weight, contact and inertia, to both hands within a cave-like space. Tensioned string techniques are used to generate such haptic sensations, while keeping the space transparent and unbulky. The device is scaleable so as to enclose different cave-like working spaces. Scaleable-SPIDAR is coupled with a large screen where a computer generated virtual world is displayed. The used approach is shown to be simple, safe ad sufficiently accurate for human-scale virtual environment.

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Virtual Reality Image Shooting for Single Person Broadcasting with Multiple Smartphones

  • Budiman, Sutanto Edward;Lee, Suk-Ho
    • International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.43-49
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    • 2019
  • Nowadays, one-person media broadcasting has become popular, and with the progress of this popularity, multimedia techniques which can support such broadcasting are also becoming more and more advanced. One of the most emerging multimedia technique used in this field is the virtual reality technology which sets the one-person media broadcasting environment as a virtual reality environment. However, as such an environment requires instruments of high cost, it is not easy for normal individuals to constitute such environments. Therefore, in this paper we propose how to construct virtual reality-like panoramas with a multiple of smartphones. For this purpose, we designed a special rig which can hold firmly 8 smartphone cameras which have overlapping view of the environment such that panorama stitching becomes possible. To reduce the computation cost, we precomputed the homography matrices, and used 1-D pointer structures to store the computed coordinate values.

Investigating Islamic Studies Teachers' Attitudes Towards Utilizing Virtual Learning Environment in Distance Teaching among Primary Stage Pupils

  • Osama Mohamed Ahmed Salem;Mohammed bin Muthayb Al-Baqami
    • International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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    • v.23 no.2
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    • pp.152-163
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    • 2023
  • This research aimed at investigating Islamic Studies teachers' attitudes towards utilizing virtual learning environment in distance teaching among primary stage pupils. It also aimed at determining the statistical differences among variables due to sex, educational qualification, number of years of experience, and training sessions. This research adopted the descriptive approach. The sample consisted of male and female primary teachers of Islamic Studies (N=250) in governmental schools in Taif. The questionnaire was used as a main research tool. It included (20) items. Results showed that Islamic Studies teachers' attitudes towards utilizing virtual learning environment in distance teaching among primary stage pupils were ranked to a medium degree. There was a statistically significant difference among primary Islamic Studies teachers' attitudes due to sex variable. It was recommended to adopt more training sessions and seminars for adopting the idea of utilizing virtual learning environments among Islamic Studies teachers at boys' and girls' school in Mecca through emphasizing its significance and benefits in Teaching.

Research of Virtual Environment and Sensor Modeling for Performance Assessment of Autonomous Navigation System (자율주행 성능분석을 위한 가상환경 및 센서 모델링 기법 연구)

  • Ahn, Myung-Kil;Lee, Seok-Jae;Park, Yong-Woon;Ko, Jung-Ho
    • Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SC
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    • v.45 no.6
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    • pp.10-15
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    • 2008
  • This paper describes virtual environment and sensor modeling to analyze and verify the performance of autonomous navigation system. Virtual synthetic environment is constructed with 6 subgroups which cover from virtual environment construction to virtual sensor modeling of real systems. This research is applied to validate and assess performance of concerned algorithms and complex functions for autonomous navigation system based on virtual environment.

Effects of Collaborative Learning in a Virtual Environment on Students' Academic Achievement and Satisfaction (가상 학습 공간에서의 협력 학습이 학업 성취도 및 만족도에 미치는 영향)

  • Kim, Mi Hwa
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.19 no.4
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    • pp.1-8
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    • 2021
  • This experimental study was to examine the impact of collaborative learning in a virtual environment on students' learning outcomes and satisfaction. The collaborative virtual learning environment was created for a Korean history class for high school students. A total of 119 participants were recruited and were randomly assigned to either "collaborative group" or an "individual group." Students' academic achievements and satisfaction were collected as measurement tools to examine the effect of collaborative learning in the virtual learning environment and collected data were tested by independent sample t. The results showed that participation in collaborative groups had a significant positive effect on academic achievement and satisfaction than individual groups.

PC based Immersive Virtual Environment(PIVE) System by Recognizing Human Motion (인체 동작 인식을 통한 PC 기반의 몰입 형 가상 환경 시스템)

  • Oh Young-Il;Jo Kyoung-Hwan;Lee Ji-Hong
    • Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea CI
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    • v.43 no.4 s.310
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    • pp.103-112
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    • 2006
  • In this paper, we propose a PC based immersive virtual environment system with expandability and compatibility in contrary to existing immersive virtual environment(IVE) systems which have been implemented by supercomputer or special computing system. The application based on commercial personal compute may have two major advantage: one is variety of resources, the other is user-friendly interface. This system intends to offer easy contact to IVE system, realistic images, and convenience. Also, the system can handle various virtual reality at real-time and make it easier to interface existing complicated haptic device. Geometric techniques are adopted to calculate and visualize the physical phenomenon to speed up the computing time. The proposed implementation method of PC based immersive virtual environment system is implemented to the example in which user move around inside of and interact with virtual office environment wearing data glove, behavior recognition devices, and HMD.

Implementation of An Interactive and Internet-based Virtual Laboratory For Electronic Circuit Experiments (전자회로 실험을 위한 상호작용적인 인터넷기반 가상실험실의 구현)

  • Kim Dong-Sik;Choi Kwan-Sun;Lee Sun-Heum
    • 한국정보통신설비학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2002.08a
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    • pp.199-207
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    • 2002
  • A virtual laboratory for measurement and instrumentation must aim to realize an integrated environment. To achieve this goal, we designed and implemented a client/server distributed environment and developed a web-based virtual laboratory system for electronic circuits. Since our virtual laboratory system is implemented to describe the on-campus laboratory, the learners can obtain similar experimental data through it. The proposed virtual laboratory system is composed of four important components Principle Classroom, Virtual Experiment Classroom, Evaluation Classroom and Overall Management System. Through our virtual laboratory, the learners will be capable of teaming the concepts and theories related to electronic circuit experiments and how to operate the experimental equipments such as multimeters, function generators, digital oscilloscopes and DC power supplies. Also, every activity occurred in our virtual laboratory is recorded on database and Printed out on the preliminary report form. All of these can be achieved by the aid of the Management System. The database connectivity is made by PHP and the virtual laboratory environment is set up slightly differently for each learner. Finally, we have obtained several affirmative effects such as reducing the total experimental hours and the damage rate for experimental equipments and increasing Loaming efficiencies as well as faculty productivity.

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Hierarchical QoS Architecture for Virtual Dancing Environment (분산 가상현실을 위한 계층적 QoS 지원 기법)

  • 김진용;원유집;김범은;박종일;박용진
    • Journal of KIISE:Computer Systems and Theory
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    • v.30 no.11
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    • pp.675-690
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    • 2003
  • In this paper, we present the virtual dancing studio for distributed virtual environment. In this system, geographically distributed user shares the virtual dancing hall and interacts with each other. The participating object can be a graphical avatar or a live video stream. It allows the coexistence of graphic objects and real images in the shared virtual space. One of the main technical challenges in developing the distributed virtual environment is to handle excessive network traffic. In an effort to effectively reduce the network traffic, we propose a scheme to adjust the QoS of each object with respect to the distance from the observer in the virtual space. The server maintains the QoS vector for each client's shared space and controls the packet traffic to individual clients based on its QoS vectors. We develop a proto-type virtual dancing environment. Java based development enables the client to be platform independent. The result of experiment shows that the adoption of hierarchical QoS management significantly reduces the overall network traffic.

A Study on the Development of 3D Virtual Reality Campus Tour System for the Adaptation of University Life to Freshmen in Non-face-to-face Situation - Autonomous Operation of Campus Surrounding Environment and University Information Guide Screen Design Using Visual Focus Movement - (비대면 상황에서 신입생 대학생활적응을 위한 3차원 가상현실 캠퍼스 투어시스템 개발연구 - 시야초점의 움직임을 활용한 캠퍼스주변 환경의 자유로운 이동과 대학정보안내화면 GUI설계 -)

  • Lim, Jang-Hoon
    • Journal of Information Technology Applications and Management
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    • v.28 no.3
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    • pp.59-75
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    • 2021
  • This study aims to establish a foundation for autonomous driving on campus and communication of abundant university information in the HCI environment in a VR environment where college freshmen can freely travel around campus facilities. The purpose of this study is to develop a three-dimensional VR-style campus tour system to establish a media environment to provide abundant university information guidance services to freshmen in non-face-to-face situations. This study designed a three-dimensional virtual reality campus tour system to solve the problem of discontinuity in which VR360 filming space does not lead to space like reality, and to solve many problems of expertise in VR technology by constructing an integrated production environment of tour system. We aim to solve the problem of inefficiency, which requires a large amount of momentum in virtual space, by constructing a GUI that utilizes the motion of the field of view focus. The campus environment was designed as a three-dimensional virtual reality using a three-dimensional graphic design. In non-face-to-face situations, college freshmen freely transformed the HMD VR device, smartphone, FPS operation mode of the gyroscope sensor. The design elements of the three-dimensional virtual reality campus tour system were classified as ①Visualization of factual experiences, ②Continuity of space movement, ③Operation, automatic operation mode, ④Natural landscape animation, ⑤Animation according to wind direction, ⑥Actual space movement mode, ⑦Informatization of spatial understanding, ⑧GUI by experience environment, ⑨Text GUI by building, ⑩VR360, 3D360 Studio Environment, ⑪Three-dimensional virtual space coupling block module, ⑫3D360-3D Virtual Space Transmedia Zone, ⑬Transformable GUI(VR Device Dual Viewer-Gyro Sensor Full Viewer-FPS Operation Viewer) and an integrated production environment was established with each element. It is launched online (http://vautu.com/u1) by constructing a GUI for free driving mode and college information screens to adapt to college life for freshmen, and designing an environment that can be used simultaneously by current media such as PCs, Android, and iPads. Therefore, it conducted user research, held a development presentation, a forum on excellence in university innovation support projects, and applied it as a system on the website of a particular university. College freshmen will be able to experience university information directly from the web and app to the virtual reality campus environment.

A Study on Robot OLP Compensation Based on Image Based Visual Servoing in the Virtual Environment (가상 환경에서의 영상 기반 시각 서보잉을 통한 로봇 OLP 보상)

  • Shin Chan-Bai;Lee Jeh-Woon;Kim Jin-Dae
    • Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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    • v.12 no.3
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    • pp.248-254
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    • 2006
  • It is necessary to improve the exactness and adaptation of the working environment for the intelligent robot system. The vision sensor have been studied for a long time at this points. However, it has many processes and difficulties for the real usages. This paper proposes a visual servoing in the virtual environment to support OLP(Off-Line-Programming) path compensation and supplement the problem of complexity of the old kinematical calibration. Initial robot path could be compensated by pixel differences between real and virtual image. This method removes the varies calibrations and 3D reconstruction process in real working space. To show the validity of the proposed approach, virtual space servoing with stereo camera is carried out with WTK and openGL library for a KUKA-6R manipulator and updated real robot path.