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HAPTICS
2002
IEEE
15 years 2 months ago
Simulated Interactive Needle Insertion
A novel interactive virtual needle insertion simulation is presented. Simulation models are based upon planar tissue deformations and forces measured during needle insertion exper...
Simon P. DiMaio, S. E. Salcudean
MIG
2009
Springer
15 years 4 months ago
Camera Planning in Virtual Environments Using the Corridor Map Method
Abstract. Planning high-quality camera motions is a challenging problem for applications dealing with interactive virtual environments. This challenge is caused by conflicting req...
Roland Geraerts
COMPSAC
2001
IEEE
15 years 1 months ago
Utilizing Object-Oriented Databases for Concurrency Control in Virtual Environments
Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML) is widely used to represent, create, and display virtual reality objects and their environment. Some VRML applications require concurrent ...
Damla Turgut, Nevin Aydin, Ramez Elmasri, Begumhan...
IJVR
2008
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14 years 10 months ago
Applying Virtual and Augmented Reality in Cultural Computing
We are exploring a new application of virtual and augmented reality for a novel direction in human-computer interaction named `cultural computing', which aims to provide a new...
Christoph Bartneck, Jun Hu, Ben Salem, Razvan Cris...
CHI
2008
ACM
15 years 10 months ago
The effects of empathetic virtual characters on presence in narrative-centered learning environments
Recent years have seen a growing interest in the role that narrative can play in learning. With the emergence of narrative-centered learning environments that engage students by d...
Scott W. McQuiggan, Jonathan P. Rowe, James C. Les...