IEEE Virtual Reality 2000
IEEE Virtual Reality 2000

Author: Haruo Takemura

Publisher:

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13:

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Annotation Contains 33 papers and 12 posters presented at the March 2001 conference that reviewed research progress in virtual reality and defined new research goals. The main subjects are haptic display, tracking and motion capture, software and tools, haptics and locomotion, interface, 3D displays, applications, human factors, and haptic simulation. Sample topics are a surface acoustic wave tactile display based on properties of mechanoreceptors, fusion of vision and gyro tracking for robust augmented reality registration, interactive texturing by polyhedron decomposition, a washout filter designed for a motorcycle simulator, and the effects of field of view on balance in an immersive environment. No subject index. c. Book News Inc.

IEEE Virtual Reality 2000
IEEE Virtual Reality 2000

Author: Steven Keith Feiner

Publisher: IEEE

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 302

ISBN-13: 9780769504780

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Papers from a March 2000 conference are arranged in sections on work-benches, haptics, applications, perception, projection-based displays, distributed virtual environments, animation and navigation, and mixed reality and tracking. Specific subjects include interaction with geoscience data in an immersive environment, the future of shared virtual environments, immersive planar display using roughly aligned projectors, scalable prediction based concurrency for distributed virtual environments, and a rideable computer. Other subjects are interactive stereoscopic rendering of voxel-based terrain, virtual roller coaster, and model simplification for interactive applications. Lacks a subject index.

Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 02/10
Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 02/10

Author: James D. Westwood

Publisher: IOS Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 626

ISBN-13: 9781586032036

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Measurement of In-vivo Force Response of Intra-abdominal Soft Tissues for Surgical Simulation -- Estimation of Soft-Tissue Model Parameters Using Registered Pre- and Postoperative Facial Surface Scans -- Virtual Endoscopy using Spherical QuickTime-VR Panorama Views -- Integration of intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) dose distribution into the postoperative CT-based external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) treatment planing -- The application of eyeglass displays in changing the perception of pain -- Evaluation of Visualization Techniques for Image-guided Navigation in Liver Surgery -- Enhanced stereographic x-ray images -- The Communication Between Therapist and Patient in Virtual Reality: The Role of Mediation Played by Computer Technology -- Virtual Reality Assisted Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for the Treatment of Panic Disorders with Agoraphobia. -- Dextrous and Shared Interaction with Medical Data: stereoscopic vision is more important than hand-image collocation -- Usability Analysis of VR Simulation Software -- Elastically Deformable 3D Organs for Haptic Surgical Simulation -- A Generic Arthroscopy Simulator Architecture -- Virtual Reality in 3D Echocardiography: Dynamic Visualization of Atrioventricular Annuli Surface Models and Volume Rendered Doppler-Ultrasound -- Engineering and Algorithm Design for an Image Processing API: A Technical Report on ITK - the Insight Toolkit -- Finite Element (FE) Modeling of the Mandible: from Geometric Model to Tetrahedral Volumetric Mesh -- Author Index

Understanding Virtual Reality
Understanding Virtual Reality

Author: William R. Sherman

Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann

Published: 2018-11-08

Total Pages: 940

ISBN-13: 012801038X

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Understanding Virtual Reality: Interface, Application, and Design, Second Edition arrives at a time when the technologies behind virtual reality have advanced dramatically. The book helps users take advantage of the ways they can identify and prepare for the applications of VR in their field. By approaching VR as a communications medium, the authors have created a resource that will remain relevant even as underlying technologies evolve. Included are a history of VR, systems currently in use, the application of VR, and the many issues that arise in application design and implementation, including hardware requirements, system integration, interaction techniques and usability. Features substantive, illuminating coverage designed for technical or business readers and the classroom Examines VR's constituent technologies, drawn from visualization, representation, graphics, human-computer interaction and other fields Provides (via a companion website) additional case studies, tutorials, instructional materials, and a link to an open-source VR programming system Includes updated perception material and new sections on game engines, optical tracking, VR visual interface software, and a new glossary with pictures