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    • An Application Based on Augmented Reality and Mobile Technology to Support Remote Maintenance 

      Bordegoni, Monica; Ferrise, Francesco; Carrabba, Ernesto; Donato, Michele Di; Fiorentino, Michele; Uva, Antonio Emmanuele (The Eurographics Association, 2014)
      Product maintenance is a service offered to customers which represents an interesting business for companies. Their interest is both providing a good service in terms of quality and at the same time cutting operational ...

    • Thinking Factory for the Future: from PLM to Augmented Reality 

      Dhuieb, Mohamed Anis; Belkadi, Farouk; Laroche, Florent; Bernard, Alain (The Eurographics Association, 2014)
      Virtual engineering technologies become an emerging field in industry and research. Nowadays, industrials are using Virtual and Augmented Reality in different phases of their manufacturing process (advanced manufacturing ...

    • Pocket-size Augmented Reality System for Flight Control 

      Gorbunov, Andrey L.; Terenzi, Alessandro; Terenzi, Graziano (The Eurographics Association, 2014)
      Head-up displays (HUDs) have become common equipment in aircraft cockpits. One of the uses of HUDs is to provide a specific visual interface for pilots in the form of what is called a "tunnel-in-the-sky" (i.e. 3D geometry ...

    • Towards a New Platform Paradigm for Synergetic Virtual Environments 

      Hocke, Markus; Serna, Sebastian Pena; Wurster, Jan (The Eurographics Association, 2014)
      Most of today's Virtual Reality system architectures follow visualization-centric data paradigms, using hierarchical data structures typically containing static content. As one of the future's - and even today's - key ...

    • Simpler Interfaces for Better 3D Simulation 

      Riviere, Jean-Baptiste de la; Castet, Julien (The Eurographics Association, 2014)
      As a company providing VR professionals with the immersive visualization and interaction devices they require for their daily tasks, we are witnessing the limitations of existing expert user interfaces that do not address ...

    • A.C.T.I.V.E.: A Scalable Superellipsoid-based CFD Visualization for Virtual and Desktop Environments 

      Herrmann, Heiko; Padilla, Marcel; Pastorelli, Emiliano (The Eurographics Association, 2014)
      The paper presents a flexible software (A.C.T.I.V.E.) able to visualize the superellipsoidal glyphs describing the orientation of short fibres during the dynamic process of casting a short fibre reinforced composite in a ...

    • A New Fast and Robust Collision Detection and Force Computation Algorithm Applied to the Physics Engine Bullet: Method, Integration, and Evaluation 

      Sagardia, Mikel; Stouraitis, Theodoros; Silva, Joao Lopes e (The Eurographics Association, 2014)
      We present a collision detection and force computation algorithm based on the Voxelmap-Pointshell Algorithm which was integrated and evaluated in the physics engine Bullet. Our algorithm uses signed distance fields and ...

    • To Feedback or not to Feedback - the Value of Haptics in Virtual Reality Surgical Training 

      Poorten, Emmanuel B. Vander; Perret, Jerome; Muyle, R.; Reynaerts, D.; Sloten, J. Vander; Pintelon, L. (The Eurographics Association, 2014)
      As surgical procedures become more complex; require higher levels of precision and surgical skill; as patient safety is taking in an increasingly important place and ethical awareness, practicality and cost, rule out more ...

    • New Techniques for Hand Pose Estimation Based on Kinect Depth Data 

      Hummel, Simon; Haefner, Victor; Haefner, Polina; Ovtcharova, Jivka (The Eurographics Association, 2014)
      In this paper we present new techniques for extension and improvement of approaches to markerless 3D hand pose estimation: A new algorithm for finger segmentation in point clouds of hands is presented which makes use of ...

    • Interactive Visualization of Energy Efficiency Concepts Using Virtual Reality 

      Haefner, Polina; Seessle, Julia; Duecker, Jana; Zienthek, Matthias; Szeliga, Filip (The Eurographics Association, 2014)
      Virtual reality is an important topic for the engineers of tomorrow. This is especially the case when it comes to modeling, visualization and interaction with complex information structures and concepts. The paper presents ...

    • Assessment of Virtual Reality Environments for Design Activities 

      Trakunsaranakom, Channarong; Marin, Philippe; Noel, Frederic (The Eurographics Association, 2014)
      The aim of this research is the performance assessment of 3D visualization and interaction devices for design activities. Experiments are expected to determine the virtual environments that best fit the dedicated activities. ...

    • Feedback on In-flight Applications of Virtual Reality to Enhance Comfort in Future Aircraft 

      D'Cruz, Mirabelle; Patel, Harshada; Lewis, Laura; Cobb, Sue (The Eurographics Association, 2014)
      The European funded project VR-HYPERSPACE (FP7-AAT-2011-1-285681 www.vr-hyperspace.eu) has made great steps towards investigating innovative ways of using virtual reality (VR) and mixed reality (MR) in-flight, specifically ...

    • Evaluating Shelf-ready Packaging Designs in a VR Environment 

      Hoolhorst, Frederik W. B.; Rompay, Thomas J. L. van; Klooster, Roland ten; Roukema, Mees (The Eurographics Association, 2014)
      This paper focuses on the development of a method and accompanying VR environment which support designers in evaluating a series of shelf-ready packaging designs (SRP) on their on-shelf performance. The method and VR ...

    • How to Easily Develop a VR Experience from a 3D Desktop Application Thanks to the TechViz TVZLib API 

      Verhille, Victor; Bayart, Benjamin; Piuzzi, Marc; Vartanian, Alexis (The Eurographics Association, 2014)
      As advanced interaction scenarios in Virtual Reality become more common in the industry, there is a need of new rendering and interaction systems. Combining both the TechViz XL driver and the TechViz TVZLib provides a new ...

    • Towards P300 Based Brain Computer Interface for Computer Aided Design 

      Postelnicu, Cristian; Duguleana, Mihai; Garbacia, F.; Talaba, Doru (The Eurographics Association, 2014)
      The paper evaluate the row-column P300-based spelling interface for geometric modeling tasks in the engineering design process. In the first part of the paper is presented a BCI-CAD interface that can be used for geometric ...

    • Augmented Reality for Field Maintenance of Large Telecommunication Networks 

      Bergenti, Federico; Gotta, Danilo (The Eurographics Association, 2014)
      This paper describes the experimental activities performed to study the possibility of adopting augmented reality technology in field maintenance of large telecommunication networks. First, the presented work is framed ...

    • PolyVR - A Virtual Reality Authoring System 

      Haefner, Victor (The Eurographics Association, 2014)
      Virtual Reality applications are very complex. 3D modelling and scene authoring is very time consuming and requires expertise in computer sciences. A further problem are the advanced Virtual Reality hardware setups, which ...

    • Virtual Reality Interface for Multidisciplinary Physical Analysis of Space Vehicles 

      Soccini, Agata Marta; Marello, Manuela; Balossino, Nello; Bar, Christian; Basso, Valter; Lucenteforte, Maurizio; Perlo, Daniele; Racca, Filippo; Rocci, Lorenzo (The Eurographics Association, 2014)
      Physical analysis of Space Vehicles during the pre-launch phase is often performed using mono or multidisciplinary software tools developed for the specific research intent. The mentioned tools, their methods and their ...

    • Audio Tactile Maps (ATM) System for Environmental Exploration by Visually-impaired Individuals 

      Picinali, Lorenzo; O'Sullivan, Liam; Cawthorne, Douglas (The Eurographics Association, 2014)
      Navigation within open and closed spaces requires analysis of a variety of acoustic, proprioceptive and tactile cues; a task that is well-developed in many visually-impaired individuals but for which sighted individuals ...

    • Development of a Haptic Training Simulation for the Administration of Dental Anaesthesia based upon Accurate Anatomical Data 

      Poyade, Matthieu; Lysakowski, Anna; Anderson, Paul (The Eurographics Association, 2014)
      In the dental curriculum, the initial administration of local anaesthesia injection on live patients is critical and students may experience a high degree of anxiety. Low self-confidence often caused by insufficient knowledge ...