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Høgsborg, Laila, and Luta Albion. "Digital vs Virtual Reality." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för teknik och samhälle (TS), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-20533.
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This paper investigates how VR Impacts game user satisfaction. Four games were tested. Each game has a different genre to help better understand if it will affect player’s preferences in platforms. This study uses a customized ‘The Game User Experience Satisfaction Scale’ (GUESS) which has seven key factors that are used to determine a satisfaction grade for each game on each platform. The results are then compared between each other to analyze the differences and similarities. The result of this thesis showed that the playtesters preferred playing on VR, and that both people with more gaming experience and those with less, preferred VR interactions over PC.
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Dalbom, Axel, Markuss Sprogis, Emil Stolpe, and Nils Söderkvist. "A Tool for Learning Digital Filters in Virtual Reality." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för informationsteknologi, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-353852.
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There are various tools used for teaching purposes, be it computers or even pen and paper. Virtual reality is used to simulate immersive environments. While it is mostly used in the video game industry we have made an attempt to use it as a learning tool, in this case for courses related to signal processing by trying to build intuition for digital filter design. The end product is a tool in virtual reality that allows the user to alter digital filter specifications and see how these alterations affect it. With this project we show that there is potential for virtual reality to be used as a teaching assistant. The main drawbacks for tool creation in virtual reality are that there is a limited amount of frameworks that support virtual reality and that they are mainly created for video game development.Det finns många olika verktyg för lärande ändamål, det kan bland annat vara datorer eller penna och papper. Virtuell verklighet är ett verktyg för att skapa datorgenererade miljöer. Det används mestadels inom spelindustrin men vi i det här projektet försöker utöka användningsområdet för virtuell verklighet inom utbildning, i detta fall för kurser relaterade till signalbehandling genom att hjälpa användare att bygga intuition för designen av digitala filter. Slutprodukten är ett hjälpmedel i virtuell verklighet som tillåter användaren att skapa och ändra digitala filters specifikationer och sedan se vad dessa förändringar har för konsekvenser för filtren. Med det här projektet visar vi att det finns potential för virtuell verklighet i lärande ändamål, även om det huvudsakliga användingsområdet är inom spelindustrin.
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Downham, Alexander David. "True 3D Digital Holographic Tomography for Virtual Reality Applications." University of Dayton / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1513204001924421.
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Koleva, Boriana. "The properties of mixed reality boundaries." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.391397.
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Teichrieb, Verônica. "Desktop virtual reality in the enchancement of digital elevation models." Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, 2004. https://repositorio.ufpe.br/handle/123456789/2846.
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Previous issue date: 2004Modelos digitais de elevação são representações topográficas. Estes modelos podem conter diversos erros, o que causa incerteza sobre a confiabilidade dos dados. O uso confiável de dados de elevação requer que a incerteza associada aos dados seja levada em consideração e que os erros responsáveis por esta incerteza sejam identificados e removidos. Porém, um problema crítico é o fato de que estes erros podem ser causados por várias razões diferentes em cada modelo digital de elevação gerado, o que torna a sua identificação e a sua correção muito difíceis. Vários estudos propuseram metodologias para detectar e quantificar, e também para remover diferentes tipos de erros. Contudo, estes procedimentos aplicam algoritmos especializados em detectar erros com características particulares, produzindo bons resultados apenas quando o modelo contém predominantemente estes tipos específicos de erros. Atualmente, as metodologias de identificação e de correção de erros de diferentes tipos em modelos digitais de elevação não estão consolidadas e não são eficientes, e não existem ferramentas disponíveis para os usuários de modelos digitais de elevação. Esta tese supre a necessidade de definir métodos para atacar a problemática de erros em modelos digitais de elevação. Para isso, uma metodologia foi definida e uma ferramenta foi implementada para melhorar a qualidade de modelos digitais de elevação. A metodologia é baseada em interfaces de realidade virtual, que permitem a representação precisa de dados complexos, a visualização realista de objetos com formas sofisticadas que possuem características como altura e profundidade, e que são bastante interativas para explorar informações. Um conjunto de técnicas de visualização, interação e navegação, baseadas em interfaces de realidade virtual e adequadas para manipular modelos de terreno, foi definido. De acordo com a metodologia, usuários experientes de modelos digitais de elevação devem realizar três atividades básicas em um ambiente virtual apresentando um modelo digital de elevação tridimensional, para identificar e remover erros. Uma destas três atividades é visualizar e explorar o modelo digital de elevação, a fim de obter conhecimento sobre os dados que pode ser usado para interpretar e verificar visualmente o modelo. Analisar o modelo digital de elevação usando ferramentas de análise especializadas, de forma que características e representações estatísticas podem ser usadas para realizar o controle de qualidade dos dados e identificar áreas de erro no modelo, é outra atividade a ser realizada pelo usuário. Finalmente, uma terceira atividade é a edição de áreas de erro encontradas no conjunto de dados, de forma a melhorar o modelo digital de elevação. O sistema, chamado DEMEditor, foi desenvolvido com base nesta metodologia, para usuários experientes de modelos digitais de elevação. O DEMEditor constrói modelos de realidade virtual desktop baseados em modelos digitais de elevação de radar de abertura sintética interferométrico, e permite a visualização, exploração, análise e edição destes modelos. A realidade virtual desktop está cada vez mais se tornando uma opção atrativa por causa da sua habilidade em construir ambientes bastante realistas e interativos de baixo custo, que podem ser utilizados por qualquer organização. O sistema aperfeiçoa a cadeia de processamento para gerar modelos digitais de elevação de alta precisão; após o processamento dos dados brutos em um modelo digital de elevação, este modelo pode ser analisado de forma a verificar se os dados estão corretos e erros podem ser identificados e corrigidos para melhorá-lo. O DEMEditor foi utilizado para melhorar modelos digitais de elevação gerados a partir de dados reais, através da realização de estudos de caso. De fato, a eficácia do sistema foi confirmada.A interpretação visual tem um papel importante neste trabalho, pois emprega o conhecimento do usuário sobre os dados no processo de tomada de decisão sobre áreas (de erro) a serem melhoradas no modelo digital de elevação. O conhecimento prévio do usuário permite a identificação de qualquer tipo de erro, não havendo a necessidade de utilizar algoritmos de detecção automática especializados em detectar erros com características particulares
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Kruger, Leanne. "Metapolis : virtual reality vs. real virtuality in a digital art pavillion." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/29982.
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This dissertation focuses on architecture in the information age.Information technology is evolving at an alarming rate, which opens up a vast landscape of possibilities within the architectural realm. These possibilities are discussed and implemented into anarchitectural intervention, with a specific focus on the relationship between the real and the virtual. A digital art pavilion is proposed on the corner of Proes and van der Walt streets in Pretoria CBD, where the Munitoria Complex (Tshwane Municipal Offices) is currently situated. This intervention should act as a catalyst for positive change by narrowing the digital divide that is currently causing social and cultural segregation; providing a tool for upliftment by informing city dwellers. This negates the current "culture of ignorance" by stimulating a culture of knowledge.Dissertation (MArch(Prof))--University of Pretoria, 2011.
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Louchart, S. "Emergent narrative : towards a narrative theory of virtual reality." Thesis, University of Salford, 2007. http://usir.salford.ac.uk/14894/.
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The recent improvements and developments on Intelligent Agents (IA), Artificial Intelligence (AI) and 3D visualisation, coupled with an increasing desire to integrate interactivity within virtual spaces bring concerns in regard to the articulation of narratives in such environments.
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Tickhill, Justin D. "The virtual pig head digital imaging in cephalic anatomy /." Ohio : Ohio University, 2007. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?ohiou1187634238.
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Tanner, Mark B. "Creating digital environments for multi-agent simulation." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2003. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion-image/03Dec%5FTanner.pdf.
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Thesis (M.S. in Modeling, Virtual Environments, and Simulation)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2003.Thesis advisor(s): Wolfgang Baer, David W. Laflam. Includes bibliographical references (p. 61-63). Also available online.
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Dolinsky, Margaret. "Facing experience : a painter's canvas in virtual reality." Thesis, University of Plymouth, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/3204.
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This research investigates how shifts in perception might be brought about through the development of visual imagery created by the use of virtual environment technology. Through a discussion of historical uses of immersion in art, this thesis will explore how immersion functions and why immersion has been a goal for artists throughout history. It begins with a discussion of ancient cave drawings and the relevance of Plato’s Allegory of the Cave. Next it examines the biological origins of “making special.” The research will discuss how this concept, combined with the ideas of “action” and “reaction,” has reinforced the view that art is fundamentally experiential rather than static. The research emphasizes how present-day virtual environment art, in providing a space that engages visitors in computer graphics, expands on previous immersive artistic practices. The thesis examines the technical context in which the research occurs by briefly describing the use of computer science technologies, the fundamentals of visual arts practices, and the importance of aesthetics in new media and provides a description of my artistic practice. The aim is to investigate how combining these approaches can enhance virtual environments as artworks. The computer science of virtual environments includes both hardware and software programming. The resultant virtual environment experiences are technologically dependent on the types of visual displays being used, including screens and monitors, and their subsequent viewing affordances. Virtual environments fill the field of view and can be experienced with a head mounted display (HMD) or a large screen display. The sense of immersion gained through the experience depends on how tracking devices and related peripheral devices are used to facilitate interaction. The thesis discusses visual arts practices with a focus on how illusions shift our cognition and perception in the visual modalities. This discussion includes how perceptual thinking is the foundation of art experiences, how analogies are the foundation of cognitive experiences and how the two intertwine in art experiences for virtual environments. An examination of the aesthetic strategies used by artists and new media critics are presented to discuss new media art. This thesis investigates the visual elements used in virtual environments and prescribes strategies for creating art for virtual environments. Methods constituting a unique virtual environment practice that focuses on visual analogies are discussed. The artistic practice that is discussed as the basis for this research also concentrates on experiential moments and shifts in perception and cognition and references Douglas Hofstadter, Rudolf Arnheim and John Dewey. iv Virtual environments provide for experiences in which the imagery generated updates in real time. Following an analysis of existing artwork and critical writing relative to the field, the process of inquiry has required the creation of artworks that involve tracking systems, projection displays, sound work, and an understanding of the importance of the visitor. In practice, the research has shown that the visitor should be seen as an interlocutor, interacting from a first-person perspective with virtual environment events, where avatars or other instrumental intermediaries, such as guns, vehicles, or menu systems, do not to occlude the view. The aesthetic outcomes of this research are the result of combining visual analogies, real time interactive animation, and operatic performance in immersive space. The environments designed in this research were informed initially by paintings created with imagery generated in a hypnopompic state or during the moments of transitioning from sleeping to waking. The drawings often emphasize emotional moments as caricatures and/or elements of the face as seen from a number of perspectives simultaneously, in the way of some cartoons, primitive artwork or Cubist imagery. In the imagery, the faces indicate situations, emotions and confrontations which can offer moments of humour and reflective exploration. At times, the faces usurp the space and stand in representation as both face and figure. The power of the placement of the caricatures in the paintings become apparent as the imagery stages the expressive moment. The placement of faces sets the scene, establishes relationships and promotes the honesty and emotions that develop over time as the paintings are scrutinized. The development process of creating virtual environment imagery starts with hand drawn sketches of characters, develops further as paintings on “digital canvas”, are built as animated, three-dimensional models and finally incorporated into a virtual environment. The imagery is generated while drawing, typically with paper and pencil, in a stream of consciousness during the hypnopompic state. This method became an aesthetic strategy for producing a snappy straightforward sketch. The sketches are explored further as they are worked up as paintings. During the painting process, the figures become fleshed out and their placement on the page, in essence brings them to life. These characters inhabit a world that I explore even further by building them into three dimensional models and placing them in computer generated virtual environments. The methodology of developing and placing the faces/figures became an operational strategy for building virtual environments. In order to open up the range of art virtual environments, and develop operational strategies for visitors’ experience, the characters and their facial features are used as navigational strategies, signposts and methods of wayfinding in order to sustain a stream of consciousness type of navigation. Faces and characters were designed to represent those intimate moments of self-reflection and confrontation that occur daily within ourselves and with others. They sought to reflect moments of wonderment, hurt, curiosity and humour that could subsequently be relinquished for more practical or purposeful endeavours. They were intended to create conditions in which visitors might reflect upon their emotional state, v enabling their understanding and trust of their personal space, in which decisions are made and the nature of world is determined. In order to extend the split-second, frozen moment of recognition that a painting affords, the caricatures and their scenes are given new dimensions as they become characters in a performative virtual reality. Emotables, distinct from avatars, are characters confronting visitors in the virtual environment to engage them in an interactive, stream of consciousness, non-linear dialogue. Visitors are also situated with a role in a virtual world, where they were required to adapt to the language of the environment in order to progress through the dynamics of a drama. The research showed that imagery created in a context of whimsy and fantasy could bring ontological meaning and aesthetic experience into the interactive environment, such that emotables or facially expressive computer graphic characters could be seen as another brushstroke in painting a world of virtual reality.
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Campbell, Thomas J. "Interaction through the Shared Windowed Digital World (SWDW) system." Thesis, University of Essex, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.387826.
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Paakkola, Dennis, and Robin Rännar. "Ökad användarberedskap för digitala miljösimuleringar : Kravställning,utveckling och utvärdering av digital prototyp för användarintroduktion." Thesis, Mittuniversitetet, Institutionen för data- och systemvetenskap, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-38021.
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Digital environmental simulations can be performed with different techniques and the most common technologies are virtual reality, augmented reality and mixed reality. Digital environmental simulations have proven to be effective in practicing surgery, industrial activities and for military exercises. Previous studies have shown that technology habits are a factor that affects whether digital environmental simulations can be used effectively. Thus, the purpose of the study was to investigate how users can be introduced to digital environmental simulations. To achieve the purpose, the following question was needed: How can a digital prototype be designed to introduce users to digital environmental simulations based on user needs? The study was based on design science as a research strategy, which meant that the study was carried out in three phases: development of requirements, development and evaluation of digital prototype. The production of requirements was made through a qualitative data collection in the form of semi-structured interviews. The interview questions were developed using a theoretical framework on digital competence. The interviews resulted in a requirement specification containing 15 user stories that were prioritized.Based onthe requirement specification, a digital prototype was developed in thedevelopment environment Unity. The evaluation of the digital prototype wascarried out in two stages, where the first was to evaluate internally and thesecond step was to evaluate externally. The external evaluation was conductedwith respondents who carried out a use test of the digital prototype thatresulted in proposals for further development. But it also resulted in usershaving increased knowledge and ability to see opportunities with digitalenvironmental simulations. The conclusion is that users can be introduced to digitalenvironmental simulations through a digital prototype designed based on userneeds.Digitala miljösimuleringar kan utföras med olika tekniker och de vanligaste teknikerna är virtual reality, augmented reality och mixed reality. Digitala miljösimuleringar har visat sig vara effektiva för att öva på kirurgi, industrimoment samt för militärövningar. Tidigare studier har visat att teknikvana är en faktor som påverkar om digitala miljösimuleringar kan användas effektivt. Således var syftet med studien att undersöka hur användare kan introduceras till digitala miljösimuleringar. För att uppnå syftet behövdes följande frågeställning besvaras: Hur kan en digital prototyp utformas för att introducera användare till digitala miljösimuleringar baserat på användares behov? Studien har utgått från design science som forskningsstrategi, vilket medförde att studien har utförts i tre faser: framtagning av krav, utveckling och utvärdering av digital prototyp. Framtagning av krav skedde genom en kvalitativ datainsamling i form av semistrukturerade intervjuer. Intervjufrågorna togs fram med hjälp av ett teoretiskt ramverk om digital kompetens. Intervjuerna resulterade i en kravspecifikation innehållande 15 användarberättelser som prioriterades. Utifrån kravspecifikationen utvecklades en digital prototyp i utvecklingsmiljön Unity. Utvärderingen av den digitala prototypen genomfördes i två steg, där det första var att utvärdera internt och det andra steget var att utvärdera externt. Den externa utvärderingen genomfördes med respondenter som utförde ett användningstest av den digitala prototypen som resulterade i förslag till vidareutvecklingMen det resulterade även i att användare fick ökadkunskap och förmåga att se möjligheter med digitala miljösimuleringar.Slutsatsen är att användare kan introduceras till digitala miljösimuleringargenom en digital prototyp som utformats baserat på användares behov.
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Kennedy, Thomas R. "Virtual / Reality: Designing permeable spaces for social well-being in the digital age." VCU Scholars Compass, 2016. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/4243.
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The digital age has pushed people closer together than ever before. A device that fits in the palm of your hand allows instantaneous communication with billions of other human beings. People share everyday experiences, passing thoughts, personal photos, sometimes privately, often publicly. Distances between people and places feel reduced. Never has it been so easy to be so emotionally close to so many people.
But as digital experiences become routine, our collective perceptions of closeness and distance shift. As virtual communities become larger, so does our awareness of the actual distance between things. Even though humans can be genuinely close to one another on the internet, fragments of meaning, tone, and physicality are often lost in distance. Over-dependence on digital connection can erode local communities and generate apathy towards the real systems we depend on for survival.
This project aims to investigate strategies designers and architects may employ to regenerate and recontextualize local communities in the digital age. Research suggests that contemporary cities benefit from a softening of the barrier between public and private spaces. Porous and permeable boundaries between interior and exterior realms can allow dialogues to open and communities to grow, resulting in more enriched urban societies.
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Nguyen, Cuong. "Designing In-Headset Authoring Tools for Virtual Reality Video." PDXScholar, 2017. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/4037.
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Virtual Reality (VR) video is emerging as a new art form. Viewing VR video requires wearing the VR headset to fully experience the immersive surrounding of the content. However, the novel viewing experience of VR video creates new challenges and requirements for conventional video authoring tools, which were designed mainly for working with normal video on a desktop display. Designing effective authoring tools for VR video requires intuitive video interfaces specific to VR.
This dissertation develops new workflows and systems that enable filmmakers to create and improve VR video while fully immersed in a VR headset. We introduce a series of authoring tools that enables filmmakers to work with video in VR: 1) Vremiere, an in-headset video editing application that enables editors to edit VR video entirely in the headset, 2) CollaVR, a networked system that enables multiple users to collaborate and review video together in VR, and 3) a set of techniques to assist filmmakers in managing and accessing interfaces in stereoscopic VR video without suffering depth conflicts. The design of these applications is grounded in existing practices and principles learned in interviews with VR professionals. A series of studies is conducted to evaluate these systems, which demonstrate the potential of in-headset video authoring.
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Bergman, John. "IMMERSIVE GALLERY OF DIGITAL ART." Thesis, KTH, Arkitektur, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-223228.
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Rafehi, Mariam. "Bending Educational Reality." VCU Scholars Compass, 2019. https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/5924.
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Virtual reality (VR), an emergent technology, affords experiential content delivery in education by evoking emotive responses in users, which can be prohibitive via traditional media. This thesis explores VR for the development of grit – passion and perseverance, which are essential characteristics in education and long-term success. The research proposes design strategies to stimulate senses for emotional engagement and a physiological response. In the project, two interactive environments position the user in emotional states to build passion and perseverance. To develop passion, the virtual world is designed to engage in creativity using 3D-spatial audio and visual effects. In contrast, to build perseverance users are exposed to a challenging environment that requires them to overcome and positively associate frustration with growth. This thesis demonstrates the potential of design for higher sense-stimulation applied through VR in education.
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Schweibinz, Stephen E. (Stephen Edward) 1974. "Where virtual meets reality : empowering the public with tangible and digital vision building tools." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/70321.
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Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1999.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 80-81).
Neighborhood community organizations that strive to incorporate the public's ideas into designs and plans have needed more appropriate tools for vision sharing. This thesis described one possible approach for improving the public's ability to design, share, and evaluate alternatives. In the past, the public's primary role during neighborhood design meetings has been that of 'evaluators,' critiquing those designs that were presented to them. This research attempted to illustrate how new and emerging information technology tools could potentially empower the public with the ability to visually express their own design ideas and visions for their neighborhood, shifting the public's role from that of strictly 'evaluators' to that of 'co-constructors.' The strategy presented for vision creation included both a tangible, model-making framework and a digital, virtual reality component. Residents at a public meeting would start the visioning process by 'playing out' their ideas using physical LEGOTM blocks. The intuitive and simple tangible interface of LEGOTM blocks encourages a constructionist approach toward thinking about urban design issues. Software tools were prototyped to augment the physical model creation and vision sharing process. An object movie, authoring tool was prototyped to digitally archive physical models. A virtual reality, authoring tool was prototyped to allow remote users to also participate in the design process.
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Casanueva, Luis. "Minimal motion capture with inverse kinematics for articulated human figure animation." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006485.
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Animating an articulated figure usually requires expensive hardware in terms of motion capture equipment, processing power and rendering power. This implies a high cost system and thus eliminates the use of personal computers to drive avatars in virtual environments. We propose a system to animate an articulated human upper body in real-time, using minimal motion capture trackers to provide position and orientation for the limbs. The system has to drive an avatar in a virtual environment on a low-end computer. The cost of the motion capture equipment must be relatively low (hence the use of minimal trackers). We discuss the various types of motion capture equipment and decide to use electromagnetic trackers which are adequate for our requirements while being reasonably priced. We also discuss the use of inverse kinematics to solve for the articulated chains making up the topology of the articulated figure. Furthermore, we offer a method to describe articulated chains as well as a process to specify the reach of up to four link chains with various levels of redundancy for use in articulated figures. We then provide various types of constraints to reduce the redundancy of non-defined articulated chains, specifically for chains found in an articulated human upper body. Such methods include a way to solve for the redundancy in the orientation of the neck link, as well as three different methods to solve the redundancy of the articulated human arm. The first method involves eliminating a degree of freedom from the chain, thus reducing its redundancy. The second method calculates the elevation angle of the elbow position from the elevation angle of the hand. The third method determines the actual position of the elbow from an average of previous positions of the elbow according to the position and orientation of the hand. The previous positions of the elbow are captured during the calibration process. The redundancy of the neck is easily solved due to the small amount of redundancy in the chain. When solving the arm, the first method which should give a perfect result in theory, gives a poor result in practice due to the limitations of both the motion capture equipment and the design. The second method provides an adequate result for the position of the redundant elbow in most cases although fails in some cases. Still it benefits from a simple approach as well as very little need for calibration. The third method provides the most accurate method of the three for the position of the redundant elbow although it also fails in some cases. This method however requires a long calibration session for each user. The last two methods allow for the calibration data to be used in latter session, thus reducing considerably the calibration required. In combination with a virtual reality system, these processes allow for the real-time animation of an articulated figure to drive avatars in virtual environments or for low quality animation on a low-end computer.
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Maletkovic, Maja. "Cultural institutions: Digital Interfaces and Virtual Presence." Thesis, Stockholms konstnärliga högskola, Institutionen för film och media, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uniarts:diva-744.
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This essay deals with the relationship of cultural institutions and the digital age. With the COVID-19 crises serving as a backdrop to this research paper, the not-often-questioned ideas on what cultural institutions are are reassessed. With the backbone of cultural life being presented by the almost fifty percent of cultural workers who are self – employed, we first address a more accurate definition of what a cultural institution is, judging by the state of the industry. Following this, a clear and novel differentiation between digital interfaces and virtual presence that is possible in the realm of culture is made.These terms are coined in this paper due to the need to make these two both important and valid strategies more understandable. Making these distinctions clear in practice, numerous opportunities in the digital realm for cultural institutions are presented.
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Nyman, Jonas. "Faster Environment Modelling and Integration into Virtual Reality Simulations." Thesis, Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för ingenjörsvetenskap, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-19800.
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The use of virtual reality in engineering tasks, such as in virtual commissioning, has increased steadily in recent years, where a robot, machine or object of interest can be simulated and visualized. Yet, for a more immerse experience, an environment for the object in question needs to be constructed. However, the process for creatingan accurate environment, for a virtual simulation have remained a costly and a long endeavour. Because of this, many digital simulations are performed, either with no environment at all, or present a very basic and abstract representation of an intended environment.The aim of this thesis is to investigate if technologies such as LiDAR and digital photogrammetry could shorten the environment creation process. Therefore, a demonstrative virtual environment was created and analysed, in which the different technologies was investigated and presented in the form of a comprehensive review of the current state of the technologies with in digital recreation. Lastly, a technique specific evaluation of the time requirement, cost and user difficulty was conducted. As the field of LiDAR and digital photogrammetry is too vast to investigate all forms thereof within one project, this thesis is limited to the investigation of static laser scanners and wide lens camera photogrammetry. A semi industrious locale was chosen for digital replication, which through static laser scans and photographs would generate semi-automated 3D models.The resulting 3D models leave much to be desired, as large holes were present throughout the 3D models, sincecertain surfaces are not suitable for neither replication processes. Transparent and reflective surfaces lead to ripple effects within the 3D models geometry and textures. Moreover, certain surfaces, as blank areas for photogrammetry or black coloration for laser scanners led to missing features and model distortions.Yet despite the abnormalities, the majority of the test environment was successfully re-created. An evaluation of the created environments was performed, which list and illustrate with tables and figures the attributes, strengths and weaknesses of each technique. Moreover, technique specific limitations and a spatial analysis was carried out. With the result, seemingly illustrating that photogrammetry creates more visually accurate 3D models in comparison to the laser scanner, yet the laser scanner produces a more spatially accurate result. As such, a selective combination of the techniques can be suggested.Observations and interviews seem to point towards the full scale application, in which an accurate 3D model is re-created without much effort, to currently not exist. As both photogrammetry and static laser scanning require great effort, skill and time in order to create a seemingly perfect solid model. Yet, utilizing either, or both techniques as a template for 3D object creation could reduce the time to create an environment significantly.Furthermore, methods such as digital 3D sculpting could be used in order to remove imperfections and create what is missing from the digitally constructed 3D models. Thereby achieving an accurate result.
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Puhakka, Frejvall Nina. "Digital archaeology : The embodied visitor experience." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för arkeologi och antikens kultur, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-164860.
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Archaeology is a field which has been impacted greatly by digital technology; the new technological instruments are developing both academic research and public mediation. Digital archaeology has been available at the museum for some time, but immersive technologies are recent introductions, which offer new experiences for museum visitors. Even though digital archaeology/virtual heritage have been studied for their technological virtues, the learning opportunities presented to the museum visitor has not yet been examined from a visitor’s perspective. In this dissertation, the visitor experience is the basis of analysis for determining how we can critically assess digital exhibitions using immersive technologies. This study examines if and how critical museology can be successfully applied to immersive digital displays; a detailed analysis of two case studies using VR (high immersion) and AR (low immersion) show that digital experiences are fully capable of communicating cultural content and that these multi-sensory technologies can successfully engage users in the creation of knowledge. The extent of sensory stimuli affecting the visitor is not accounted for in current critical museology, therefore the analysis of this study suggests a number of suggestions for future designs of digital displays using immersive technologies.
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Cecil, Malcolm Kirk. "Simulation and the digital refiguring of culture." Thesis, McGill University, 1996. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=26726.
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This thesis elaborates on existing definitions and descriptions of simulation to develop an extended, inter-disciplinary concept of simulation that serves as an orienting model for the interpretation of culture. As cultural theory, simulation offers insights into the stabilization and propagation of cultural forms. Used descriptively, the metaphor of simulation throws into definition a cultural pattern of progressive formalization through increasingly sophisticated methods of abstraction. I find evidence of the pattern at many levels of analysis; metaphysical, social and micro-social, particularly at the level of the body. I use the speculative notion of the digital refiguring of culture to articulate this tendency towards abstraction through a parallel with the enhanced analytic and representational capacities of digital technology. I consider several actual and hypothetical ways that the computer figures in this process. I argue that the basis for cultural form is shifting away from the referential function of the body, as the abstract realm of mediated relations takes on greater importance in modern culture.
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Ayoğlu, Halil Supervisor :. Yalınay Şebnem. "Digital architecture as the extension of physical spaces : asymtote's New York Stock Exchange virtual reality environment." Ankara : METU, 2005. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/2/12605769/index.pdf.
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Oliveira, Glauce Rocha de. "Sobre o azul do mar: virtualidades reais e realidades virtuais." Universidade de São Paulo, 2008. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/8/8147/tde-30072008-115653/.
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O objetivo desta tese é refletir sobre o processo de visão como construção de sentido. Assim sendo, contrário à maneira tradicional de entender esse processo como algo transparente e imediato, propomos que ver é uma prática de construir sentido através de todos nossos sentidos e nosso corpo. Para essa discussão contrapomos leituras das áreas de Cultura Visual, Cultural Digital, Antropologia, Análise do Discurso, Biologia, Media Art, com exemplos de comunicação mediada por computador e uso de vídeos.The objective of this thesis is to discuss vision as a sociohistoric meaning-making process. Thus, contrary to the traditional approach to vision, which deals with it as a transparent and non-interpretative object, we look at it as a social practice through which we make sense of and in the world using our senses and body. For this discussion we counterpose readings from Visual Culture, Digital Culture, Anthropology, Discourse Analysis, Biology, Media Art to some examples of computer-based communication and videos.
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Axelsson, Jonas. "Comparison of user accuracy and speed when performing 3D game target practice using a computer monitor and virtual reality headset." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för kreativa teknologier, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-15200.
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Consumer grade Virtual Reality (VR)-headsets are on the rise, and with them comes an increasing number of digital games which support VR. How players perceive the gameplay and how well they perform at the games tasks can be key factors to designing new games. This master’s thesis aims to evaluate if a user can performa game task, specifically a target practice, in less time and/or more accurately when using a VR-headset as opposed to a computer screen and mouse. To gather statistics and measure the differences, an experiment was conducted using a test application developed alongside this report. The experiment recorded accuracy scores and time taken in tests performed by 35 test participants using both a VR-headset and computer screen. The resulting data sets are presented in the results chapter of this report. A Kolmogorov-Smirnov Normality Test and Student’s paired samples t-test was performed on the data to establish its statistical significance. After analysis, the results are reviewed, discussed and conclusions are made. This study concludes that when performing the experiment, the use of a VR-headset decreased the users accuracy and to a lesser extent also increased the time the user took to hit all targets. An argument was made that the longer previous experience with computer screen and mouse of most users gave this method an unfair advantage. With equally long training, VR use might score similar results.Kommersiella VR-headset är en växande marknad, och med dem kommer allt fler digitala spel med stöd för VR. Hur spelare uppfattar spelmekaniken och hur väl de presterar i spelets uppgifter kan vara nyckelfaktorer för att designa nya spel. Syftet med detta examensarbete är att utvärdera om en användare kan utföra en speluppgift, specifikt prickskytte av måltavlor, snabbare och/eller mer noggrant när ett VR-headset används än jämför med datorskärm och mus. För att samla statistik och mäta skillnader, utfördes ett experiment med en testapplikation utvecklad jämsides med denna uppsats. Experimentet mätte hur noggrant och hur lång tid det tog 35 testpersoner att utföra testet, när de använde både VR och datorskärm. Den resulterande datan presenteras i resultatskapitlet i denna uppsats. Ett Kolmogorov-Smirnov normalitetstest och Student’s paired samples t-test utfördes på datan för att avgöra dess statistiska signifikans. Efter analysen gicks resultaten igenom, diskuterades och slutsatser drogs. Denna studie avgjorde att när experimentet genomfördes med VR-headset sänktes användarens pricksäkerhet och tiden det tog att träffa alla måltavlor ökade något. Ett argument fördes för att den långa föregående erfarenheten många har när det gäller datorskärm och mus gav metoden en orättvis fördel. Med lika lång träning i båda metoderna bör VR-metoden potentiellt kunna gelikvärdiga resultat.
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Gonzalez, Katelynn N. "The Empathy of Immersion: An Exploration of Battlefield 1 Through the Lense of Empathetic Virtual Reality." FIU Digital Commons, 2018. https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/3677.
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This thesis examines two works from different mediums, the short story “How to Tell a True War Story” by Tim O’Brien and the video game Battlefield 1, to compare how each constructs empathy using virtual reality and mimetic communication between audience and the work. The thesis draws from both digital media studies and affect theory to construct a nuanced view of how empathy functions in the works. The body responds to empathy physically. As social creatures, humans feel the emotions of those around them, even if those around them are virtually constructed. In other words, the thesis will explore how video games have been used historically and what their effects are on gamers, especially gamers’ bodies and emotional responses to the constructed virtual reality. This work aims to show how the lines of fiction and reality become blurred to establish empathy within a narrative and virtual reality space.
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Forsman, Dina. "Säkerhetsutbildning med VR." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-20126.
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I detta kandidatarbete undersöker jag hur man med hjälp av virtuell verklighet (VR) kan skapa en fabriksmiljö för att bidra till ökad medvetenhet och säkerhetstänk i fabriken. Undersökningen baseras på en utmaning från Volvo med deras egen fabrik i fokus där dem velat ha en säkerhetsutbildning för deras gångtrafikanter i fabriken. Med hjälp av designperspektivet design thinking har Volvo fått vara delaktiga genom hela processen där vi kunnat skapa en produkt åt dem tillsammans. Undersökningens frågeställning är “Hur kan man med hjälp av Virtual Reality skapa upplevelsen av fabriksmiljö för att bidra till ökad medvetenhet och säkerhetstänk i fabriken?” där jag valt att gestalta detta i ett spel integrerat med VR. Med hjälp av de valda metoderna för designprocessen kunde jag sätta mig in i Volvos problem och skapa en fabrik som efterliknar deras så mycket som möjligt. Volvo själva fick ta del av skapandet genom bilder och videor för att ge feedback om miljön, samt hur realistisk upplevelsen kändes jämfört med deras egen fabrik. För att gestaltningen skulle testas och godkännas av Volvo involverades dem konstant i arbetet. Undersökningen resulterade i ett VR spel med en kort säkerhetsutbildning om fabrikens miljö och vissa faror som kan komma att ske i den. Eftersom ökad medvetenhet och säkerhetstänk hos personer inom arbetet inte kan mätas direkt har frågeställningen kunnat blivit besvarad efter endast ett fåtal test. De personer från Volvo som har testat det gav positiv respons och nya tankar och idéer kring tekniska utbildningar inom säkerhet som dessa har väckts hos många.In this bachelor thesis I’m examining how to create a factory environment with virtual reality (VR) to contribute to increased awareness and safety mindset in the factory. The examination is based on a challenge from Volvo with their own factory in focus where they wanted to have a safety training for their pedestrians in the factory. With help from the design perspective design thinking, Volvo has been involved through the whole process where we could create a product for them together. The survey question is ”How can you with help from Virtual Reality create the experience of a factory environment to contribute to increased awareness and safety mindset in the factory?” where I chose to shape this into a game integrated with VR. With help from the selected methods for the design process I could put myself into Volvo’s problem and create a factory that resembles theirs as much as possible. Volvo took part of the creation themselves through pictures and videos to provide feedback on the environment and how realistic the experience felt compared to their own factory. For the design to be tested and approved by Volvo, they were constantly involved in the project. The examination resulted in a VR game with a short safety training about the environment of the factory and some dangers that may occur in it. Because increased awareness and safety thinking in people within the work can not be measured directly, the survey question has been answered after only a few tests. The people at Volvo who have tested it gave positive results and new thoughts and ideas about technical training in security, such as these, have been awakened by many.
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Pickersgill, Robert Sean, and sean pickersgill@unisa edu au. "Architecture and Horror: Analogical Explorations in Architectural Design." RMIT University. Architecture and Design, 2009. http://adt.lib.rmit.edu.au/adt/public/adt-VIT20090525.162052.
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This thesis examines the relationship between the practice of architectural design and the media through which it is represented. It makes a consistent critical appraisal of the philosophical presumptions under which architectural theory is made, in particular, the relationship between theories of expression and representation. The thesis presents seven distinct projects by the author which developmentally explore the degree to which architecture is able to represent the sublime - in particular through the concept of horror. In this instance horror emerges as a category of excess that supervenes the uses of the term in the genres of film and literary studies. Within the thesis horror describes an (impossible) objective for representation The thesis argues that the environment within which these philosophical questions of 'effect' may most resonantly be explored is, ultimately, digital media. The author draws on contemporary commentary by Jacques Derrida and Georges Bataille, in particular Derrida's discussion of the Parergon and contemporary discussion of l'informe, the informal to support these arguments. It is within the apparently 'real' environments of virtual reality that the presentation of the mise-en-scene of horror may be explored. Immersive digital environments, it is argued, provide an appropriate level of freedom and direction for the exploration of the spatial experience of the abyss. The thesis concludes by presenting observations on the antinomy of aspirations that any materialist theory of architectural practice must attend to when working within digital media.
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Chan, Andrew. "The use of low cost virtual reality and digital technology to aid forensic scene interpretation and recording." Thesis, Cranfield University, 2011. http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/4722.
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Crime scenes are often short lived and the opportunities must not be lost in acquiring sufficient information before the scene is disturbed. With the growth in information technology (IT) in many other scientific fields, there are also substantial opportunities for IT in the area of forensic science. The thesis sought to explore means by which IT can assist and benefit the ways that forensic information can be illustrated and elucidated in a logical manner. The central research hypothesis considers that through the utilisation of low cost IT, the visual presentation of information will be of significant benefit to forensic science in particular for the recoding of crime scenes and its presentation in court. The research hypothesis was addressed by first exploring the current crime scene documentation techniques; their strengths and weaknesses, giving indication to the possible niche that technology could occupy within forensic science. The underlying principles of panoramic technology were examined, highlighting its ability to express spatial information efficiently. Through literature review and case studies, the current status of the technology within the forensic community and courtrooms was also explored to gauge its possible acceptance as a forensic tool. This led to the construction of a low cost semi-automated imaging system capable of capturing the necessary images for the formation of a panorama. This provides the ability to pan around; effectively placing the viewer at the crime scene. Evaluation and analysis involving forensic personnel was performed to assess the capabilities and effectiveness of the imaging system as a forensic tool. The imaging system was found to enhance the repertoire of techniques available for crime scene documentation; possessing sufficient capabilities and benefits to warrant its use within the area of forensics, thereby supporting the central hypothesis.
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Chan, A. "The use of low cost virtual reality and digital technology to aid forensic scene interpretation and recording." Thesis, Department of Materials and Applied Science, 2011. http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/4722.
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Crime scenes are often short lived and the opportunities must not be lost in acquiring
sufficient information before the scene is disturbed. With the growth in information
technology (IT) in many other scientific fields, there are also substantial opportunities
for IT in the area of forensic science. The thesis sought to explore means by which IT
can assist and benefit the ways that forensic information can be illustrated and
elucidated in a logical manner. The central research hypothesis considers that through
the utilisation of low cost IT, the visual presentation of information will be of
significant benefit to forensic science in particular for the recoding of crime scenes and
its presentation in court.
The research hypothesis was addressed by first exploring the current crime scene
documentation techniques; their strengths and weaknesses, giving indication to the
possible niche that technology could occupy within forensic science. The underlying
principles of panoramic technology were examined, highlighting its ability to express
spatial information efficiently. Through literature review and case studies, the current
status of the technology within the forensic community and courtrooms was also
explored to gauge its possible acceptance as a forensic tool.
This led to the construction of a low cost semi-automated imaging system capable of
capturing the necessary images for the formation of a panorama. This provides the
ability to pan around; effectively placing the viewer at the crime scene. Evaluation and
analysis involving forensic personnel was performed to assess the capabilities and
effectiveness of the imaging system as a forensic tool. The imaging system was found
to enhance the repertoire of techniques available for crime scene documentation;
possessing sufficient capabilities and benefits to warrant its use within the area of forensics, thereby supporting the central hypothesis.© Cranfield University 2005. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced without the written permission of the copyright owner.
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Golan, Jonathan. "An Explorative Study of Interaction with Tracked Objects in a Virtual Reality Game." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-264571.
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In recent years, Internet enabled objects (Internet of Things) and their augmentation through virtual reality has become both technically possible and increasingly advanced. This paper explores how interaction between physical IoTs and their virtual and digital twins can be advanced. Three virtual reality games focusing on three different interactions were created. One game focused on rotating, another on pushing and pulling, and a third on lifting and dropping. All games revolved around the use of real tracked cardboard boxes which were represented in the games by a virtual box in the same relative position and rotation to the player, allowing participants to manipulate the virtual boxes by manipulating the physical boxes. 14 participants were asked to play the games and were afterwards interviewed in regards to the games, their interactions with them, their enjoyability and their thoughts regarding them and the concept in general. The results were acquired from game performance, the reflections of the participants, and the subsequent analysis of recorded audio and video. The study presents the difficulties, challenges and opportunities of such a system, while also providing insight into lessons learned from the creation of the system and the games. The main contributions of the paper are the lessons learned in creating the games and experiences in addition to a few specific areas of interest for future research on the area, namely the importance of ergonomic consideration and affordance evaluation.De senaste åren har föremål kopplade till Internet (Internet of Things eller Sakernas Internet) och deras augmentering genom virtuell verklighet både blivit möjligt och mer tekniskt avancerat. Denna rapport utforskar hur interaktioner mellan fysiska IoT föremål och deras virtuella och digitala tvillingar kan förbättras. Tre VR-spel med fokus på tre olika interaktioner utvecklades. Ett av spelen fokuserade på rotation, ett annat på rörelsen fram och tillbaka, och det tredje på rörelsen upp och ner. Alla spel involverade användandet av riktiga kartonglådor som representerades i spelet av en virtuell låda i samma position och rotation i relation till spelaren, vilket lät spelaren manipulera de virtuella lådorna genom att manipulera de fysiska lådorna. 14 deltagare ombads spela spelen och intervjuades i efterhand angående spelen, interaktionerna, underhållningsvärdet och deras tankar kring konceptet. Resultaten kom från deltagarnas prestationer i spelen, deras reflektioner och efterföljande analys av inspelad audio och video. Studien presenterar svårigheter, utmaningar och möjligheter hos det beskrivna systemet och delar med sig av insikter från skapandeprocessen av systemet och spelen. Studiens huvudsakliga bidrag är de nämnda insikterna från skapandeprocessen samt ett par specifika intresseområden för framtida forskning: vikten av hänsyn till ergonomi och utvärdering av affordans.
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Faria, Regis Rossi Alves. "Auralização em ambientes audiovisuais imersivos." Universidade de São Paulo, 2005. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/3/3142/tde-29092013-105249/.
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Nos últimos anos os avanços em áudio multicanal e sistemas envolventes despertaram um grande interesse pelas técnicas para a auralização de campos sonoros espaciais, capazes de recriar ambientações acústicas com grande realismo, envolvendo o ouvinte completamente. Um estudo sobre as tecnologias e soluções para áudio espacial mostrou que a construção de auralizadores envolve quatro blocos funcionais fundamentais. Mas, embora existam muitas técnicas e ferramentas disponíveis, não há uma arquitetura integradora para produção de áudio espacial que permita ao desenvolvedor selecionar as técnicas que deseja e montar uma solução com um grau de refinamento arbitrário que atenda a seus requisitos. Apresenta-se uma arquitetura modular aberta em quatro camadas para produção de áudio espacial em ambientes audiovisuais imersivos. Como estudo de caso, aborda-se a implementação de um auralizador Ambisonics para a CAVERNA Digital. Verifica-se que a auralização pode fornecer a correta perspectiva acústica do ambiente virtual necessária para uma percepção mais realista do espaço, e que a abordagem aberta para se implementar sistemas de áudio 2D/3D apresenta vantagens. Os resultados da implementação são apresentados e discutidos. Como conclusões, identificam-se desafios na implementação e os trabalhos futuros.Recent advances in multichannel audio and surround systems have contributed to an increasing interest for spatial sound field auralization, capable of delivering acoustic ambience with great realism, and surrounding listener completely. A study on technologies and solutions for spatial sound has shown that building auralizators involve four major functional blocks, but, although there are many techniques and tools available, there is not an integration architecture for spatial audio production which permits developers to select their favorite techniques, and build a solution with an arbitrary refinement level, as wished. It is presented a four level modular open architecture for spatial audio production in immersive audiovisual environments. As a case study, an Ambisonics auralizator is implemented for the CAVERNA Digital CAVE. It is verified that auralization can deliver the correct acoustical perspective for the virtual environment necessary for a more realistic perception of space, and that an open approach presents advantages in 2D/3D audio systems design. Implementation results are presented and discussed. As conclusions, challenges and future works are presented.
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Kaschuba, Christian. "The digital challenge to the public interest : a policy analysis of the regulation of virtual advertising in the European Union /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/6139.
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Frisch, David M. "Proceduralizing Privilege: Designing Shakespeare in Virtual Reality and the Problem with the Canon." FIU Digital Commons, 2016. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/2491.
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This thesis focuses on the development of the first project for FIU’s ICAVE, The Globe Experience, presented as part of the “First Folio! The Book That Gave Us Shakespeare” exhibit during February, 2016. The thesis is divided into two parts. The first part is the project itself: a virtual reality recreation of going to The Globe Theater to see a play by William Shakespeare. The second part examines the digital project and outlines how Walter Benjamin and postcolonial theorists influenced the design of The Globe Experience, resulting in, what I call, a “temporally and spatially disjointed London.” From this examination, the thesis goes on to question the role of canonical literature in the humanities. I go on to make the argument that the design decisions made in recreating The Globe reveals the ways in which canonical literature can reinforce and support hierarchical ideologies which can impede student learning.
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Ayoglu, Halil. "Digital Architecture As The Extension Of Physical Spaces: Asymptote." Master's thesis, METU, 2005. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/2/12605769/index.pdf.
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The aim of this thesis is to develop an understanding of digital architecture as an extension to the physical spaces. The thesis claims that Virtual Reality Environments (VREs) coexist, supplement, support and extend the physical environments. VREs enable the users to deal with manipulable, multi-dimensional, interactive digital environment. Asymptote&rsquos New York Stock Exchange Three-Dimensional Trading Floor (NYSE 3DTF) VRE is a significant example to analyze digital architecture in this perspective. The 3DTF is a project where architecture and information bring each other into a new meaning through the spatialization of information in digital medium. The thesis analyzes how 3DTF VRE becomes extension to the existing actual NYSE in terms of four tools of analysis: visualization, navigation, interaction,and data integration. This thesis proposes to rethink architecture&rsquo
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Tan, Adrian Hadipriono. "While Stands the Colosseum: A Ground-Up Exploration of Ancient Roman Construction Techniques using Virtual Reality." The Ohio State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1429228335.
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Gebremichael, Keariam, and Saadul Islam Khan. "Transition Risk on a Consumer’s Journey : Influencing Concepts towards the occurrence of Transition Risk on a Consumer’s Journey on Virtual Reality Shopping." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-167053.
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Background: Retailing through Virtual Reality (VR) is faced with a dilemma of potential customers using the VR to look for products online, but somehow do not make a purchase online and prefer to visit the physical stores instead. This phenomenon is referred as Transition Risk. Aim: To develop an understanding regarding the concepts and factors that influence the occurrence of transition risk by using UTAUT2 framework. Identify those concepts and thus be able to assist retailers in diminishing the transition risk gap. Methodology: Is a quantitative study that involves an experiment followed by a questionnaire as the research instrument. The data was analyzed through regression analysis by using SmartPLS 3.0 as the data analysis tool for SEM. An exploratory research design for the cross-sectional study of a small sample of 45 people experimented. Findings: Findings of the research suggest that transition risk has a direct relation with the UTAUT2 constructs: performance expectancy, effort expectancy, facilitating conditions, social influence, hedonic motivation, and habit of the consumer. Moreover, absence of familiarity with VR retailing, social influence and consumer’s habit of web-rooming and retail therapy are significant contributors towards transition risk. Furthermore, UTAUT2 framework can also be used to identify reason for no usage and/or abandoning of use technology.
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Bohlin, Elin, and Linn Müller. "Designing Virtual Reality Experiences for Elderly : A qualitative study focusing on VR suppliers operating within the elder care sector." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för marknadsföring (MF), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-96639.
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Abstract This thesis provides an in-depth research of five VR suppliers working with creating VR experiences targeted to elderly within the elder care sector in Sweden. Furthermore, a technological knowledge gap between elderly and VR technology are researched. The focus of this thesis is therefore how VR suppliers, as early adopters, design VR experiences to elderly, as digital immigrants. To investigate the chosen topics, two research questions was formulated; RQ1. How do VR suppliers design a VR experience targeted to digital immigrants within the elderly care sector? RQ2. How do VR suppliers, as early adopters, bridge the digital gap between VR-technology and digital immigrants? This thesis constitutes of a qualitative research where the empirical findings are based on interviews with the VR suppliers. The research took an inductive approach in order to get close to the respondents and interpret their realities. Theories about Customer experience, Value, Value Co-creation, Digital immigrants and Early and Late adopters, have thereafter helped to connect the empirical findings with aspects within these theories, to further understand important aspects for the VR suppliers when they design their VR experiences. The results of the study present the aspects that are important to take under consideration when VR suppliers design their VR experiences towards elderly within the elder care sector. A model showing the steps when designing the VR experience has been provided and constitutes of identifying needs, customize the service, create trust and security, set the environment, inform and educate personnel, handling impairments and bridging the gap. Furthermore, the participants confirmed a knowledge gap within technology amongst elderly and that there is a need to bridge the gap in order for the VR service to be successfully implemented.
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Junior, Romeo Bulla. "Ferramenta de áudio conferência espacial implementando conceitos de realidade aumentada." Universidade de São Paulo, 2009. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/3/3141/tde-18122009-140043/.
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Este trabalho apresenta uma ferramenta para conferência de áudio 3D (espacial) implementando conceitos de Realidade Aumentada (RA). O objetivo desta ferramenta é aprimorar a sensação de presença e melhorar a interatividade entre seus participantes remotos, por meio de benefícios proporcionados pela utilização de técnicas de áudio espacial (implementadas em avatares de áudio) pela: maior facilidade de concentração e atenção em um único participante e pelos efeitos positivos na memorização dos conteúdos pelos participantes como conseqüência da melhor inteligibilidade e compreensão. A motivação desta implementação reside em sua utilização como ferramenta de comunicação síncrona no ambiente de aprendizagem eletrônica Tidia-Ae, auxiliando na realização de atividades colaborativas e, possivelmente, nos processos de ensino e aprendizagem à distância. A ferramenta implementada foi integrada ao sistema Tidia-Ae e os resultados dos experimentos realizados demonstraram sua efetividade com relação às melhorias proporcionadas pelo processamento de áudio espacial.This work presents a 3D (spatial) audio conference tool implementing Augmented Reality (AR) concepts. The main intent of this tool is to enhance the sense of presence and increase the interactivity among remote participants, by implementing spatial audio techniques in audio avatars. The use of such techniques facilitates focusing the attention on anyone specific participant of the conference and enables a positive effect on memory retention, resulting in a better intelligibility and comprehension. The motivation of this implementation lies on its appliance as a synchronous communication tool within the Tidia-Ae e-Learning system, thus aiding on collaborative activities realization and, possibly, on teaching and learning processes. The results of the experiments showed the effectiveness provided by the spatial audio processing when applied in such environment.
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Roo, Joan sol. "one reality : augmenting the human experience through the combination of physical and digital worlds." Thesis, Bordeaux, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017BORD0874/document.
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Alors que le numérique a longtemps été réservé à des usages experts, il fait aujourd’hui partie intégrante de notre quotidien, au point, qu’il devient difficile de considérer le monde physique dans lequel nous vivons indépendamment du monde numérique. Pourtant, malgré cette évolution, notre manière d’interagir avec le monde numérique a très peu évolué, et reste toujours principalement basé sur l’utilisation d’écrans, de claviers et de souris. Dans les nouveaux usages rendus possible par le numérique, ces interfaces peuvent se montrer inadaptées, et continuent à préserver la séparation entre le monde physique et le monde numérique. Au cours de cette thèse, nous nous sommes concentrés à rendre cette frontière entre mondes physique et numérique plus subtil au point de la faire disparaître. Cela est rendu possible en étendant la portée des outils numériques dans le monde physique, puis en concevant des artefacts hybrides (des objets aux propriétés physique et numérique), et enfin en permettant les transitions dans une réalité mixte (physique-numérique), laissant le choix du niveau d’immersion à l’utilisateur en fonction de ses besoins. L’objectif final de ce travail est d’augmenter l’expérience de la réalité. Cela comprend non seulement le support de l’interaction avec le monde extérieur, mais aussi avec notre monde intérieur. Cette thèse fournit aux lecteurs les informations contextuelles et les connaissances techniques requises pour pouvoir comprendre et concevoir des systèmes de réalité mixte. A partir de ces fondements, nos contributions, ayant pour but de fusionner le monde physique et le monde virtuel, sont présentées. Nous espérons que ce document inspirera et facilitera des travaux futurs ayant pour vision d’unifier le physique et le virtuelIn recent history, computational devices evolved from simple calculators to now pervasive artefacts, with which we share most aspects of our lives, and it is hard to imagine otherwise. Yet, this change of the role of computers was not accompanied by an equivalent redefinition of the interaction paradigm: we still mostly depend on screens, keyboards and mice. Even when these legacy interfaces have been proven efficient for traditional tasks, we agree with those who argue that these interfaces are not necessarily fitting for their new roles. Even more so, traditional interfaces preserve the separation between digital and physical realms, now counterparts of our reality.During this PhD, we focused the dissolution of the separation between physical and digital, first by extending the reach of digital tools into the physical environment, followed by the creation of hybrid artefacts (physical-digital emulsions), to finally support the transition between different mixed realities, increasing immersion only when needed. The final objective of this work is to augment the experience of reality. This comprises not only the support of the interaction with the external world, but also with the internal one. This thesis provides the reader contextual information along with required technical knowledge to be able to understand and build mixed reality systems. Once the theoretical and practical knowledge is provided, our contributions towards the overarching goal of merging physical and digital realms are presented. We hope this document will inspire and help others to work towards a world where the physical and digital, and humans and their environment are not opposites, but instead all counterparts of a unified reality
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Espíndola, Danúbia Bueno. "O uso de realidade virtual na manufatura da indústria de construção naval/offshore." reponame:Repositório Institucional da FURG, 2007. http://repositorio.furg.br/handle/1/3493.
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Dissertação(mestrado) - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Oceânica, Escola de Engenharia, 2007.Submitted by Lilian M. Silva (lilianmadeirasilva@hotmail.com) on 2013-04-23T19:16:00Z No. of bitstreams: 1 O Uso de Realidade Virtual na Manufatura da. Indústria de Construção NavalOffshore.pdf: 2702453 bytes, checksum: dc2232f7ab0d49a5db8469a61c5cb20e (MD5)
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Este trabalho propõe uma metodologia para visualização distribuída de plantas de manufatura. A metodologia considera o uso de um conjunto de ferramentas capazes de propiciar a visualização imersiva de cenários virtuais. Projetos CAD, modelos e simulações são obtidos através de ferramentas de manufatura digital utilizadas na indústria e podem ser visualizados neste experimento em um dispositivo tipo CAVE. A proposta é validada em um estudo de caso associado à Indústria Naval/Offshore. Inicialmente o estudo apresenta os conceitos sobre os Sistemas de Construção Naval e Offshore no cenário mundial e os Sistemas de Manufatura Digital utilizados para esses fins. Após, o trabalho focaliza a utilização da Realidade Virtual em processos industriais identificando os objetivos e desafios da implantação de uma metodologia para visualização imersiva distribuída. Por fim, são apresentados testes e resultados obtidos com a utilização da metodologia de solução proposta, validados através de um estudo de caso realizado na Indústria Naval/Offshore.
This study proposes a methodology for immersive distributed visualization of Manufacturing Plants. A set of tools that make possible the immersive visualization of virtual sceneries for plant simulation are applied. CAD projects, models and simulations used in industry can be viewed in this experiment in device CAVE. The proposed ideas are then validated on a case study associated with Shipbuilding and Offshore Industries. Initially the study present the concepts about Shipbuilding and Offshore Systems in the world scenery and Digital Manufacturing Systems that can be used. After this discussion, this study focus on industrial application of virtual reality for then to identify the objectives and challenges of the implantation of one methodology for immersive distributed visualization. Finally Tests and Results are presented for the proposed methodology solution that will be validated through the study of a real case associated with Shipbuilding and Offshore Industries.
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Pissini, Jessica M. "Embodied by Design: The Presence of Creativity, Art-making, and Self in Virtual Reality." The Ohio State University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1594831377515567.
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Bendick, Eric Louis. "Fiber optic vines on the third wall cultivating natural media in the digital age /." Thesis, Montana State University, 2009. http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/2009/bendick/BendickE0509.pdf.
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Twenty-thousand years ago, the earliest known depictions of natural forms were inscribed by primitive man onto the surface of the "third wall" . . . be it cave, grotto, overhang, or alcove. Today the myriad representations of our natural world, along with the expanding cosmic narratives of 'natural history' that animate and describe such characters within an ornate epistemological framework (part-science: evolution, thermodynamics, ecology, and part-social criticism: environmental justice, sustainability, conservation) proliferate in ever-increasing mobile permutations; not only in our textbooks and living rooms, but also in our cars, on billboards, Jumbotrons, laptops, cell phones, and portable media players. Throughout history, changes in representational 'mode' (across and through new technical mediums) have ushered in significant narrative metamorphoses, formal innovations, and accompanied revolutionary transitions in symbolic language. The focus of this paper is to assess the implications of recent technological shifts, especially those characterized by the widespread contemporary adoption of digital technologies and the emergence of vast, interconnected networks of computing power, on the representation, production, and distribution of 'natural world' (both science and social) new media content. Through a detailed survey of popular case-studies, analytical research, and data trends, this paper will analyze new media models both from within and without as they relate to digital publishing, non-linear content creation, social networking, and the increasingly permeable interface between consumer and producer in our contemporary mediascape. Finally, this paper applies formative research to prescribe a more general use of 'best practices' in new technology which may facilitate a more progressive and participatory moment in post-industrial 'natural world' media-making, in concert with peers and fans, corporations and collectives, and open to interpretation, cross-pollination, and synergistic hybridity. It is no exaggeration to remark that this technological transformation will forever change the way we learn, evaluate, and participate in a global dialogue whose subject is none other than the globe itself. As our ancestors surely harnessed the power of the 'third wall' to communicate in both personal and broad strokes, so this essay seeks to re-imagine the 'digital third wall' as a place of increasing ubiquity, intimacy, contention, and epistemological power throughout the evolving realms of scientific and social natural representation.
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Artrip, Ryan Edward. "Virulence and Digital Culture." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/80512.
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This dissertation is a theoretical study of the role of virality/virulence as a predominant technological term in the reproduction of social and cultural information in the digital age. I argue that viral media are not new phenomena, only the name is new. Media have always behaved as viruses; it is only when they become hyper-intensified in digital technology that their virulent function surfaces in language and culture. The project examines processes of self-replication and evolution undergone by various new media phenomena as they relate back to the global profusion of social networks, data centers, and cybernetic practices. Drawing from several contributions in media theory, political and social theory, and critical media studies, I argue that digital media have a hyper-intensifying effect on whatever objects, subjects, or realities they mediate or represent; thus networked societies are virulently swarmed by their own signs and images in information. Through an examination of three primary categories of digital proliferation—language, visuality, and sexuality—I situate digital culture in a framework of virulence, arguing that the digital may be best understood as an effect of cultural hyper-saturation and implosion. I argue that virulent media networking processes come to constitute a powerful cybernetic system, which renders the human subject a mere function in its global operations. Lastly, I begin to develop a political critique of cybernetics, claiming that the proliferation of information, digital media, and communicative/representational technologies in the contemporary world emerges through an intensified ideological, economic, social, cultural, and metaphysical framework of productivism. This intensification engenders a system, or series of communicational circuits, whereby all techno-subjective activities are strategically stimulated, networked, recorded, and algorithmically appropriated to strengthen and reproduce 1) a global productivist system of cybernetics; 2) The material and ideological conditions for such a system to exist and thrive; 3) limitless virtual and digital production.Ph. D.
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Chiu, Hsiao-Chen. "Une évolution permanente : nouveaux essais artistiques et nouveaux médias - Études de Mons 2015 et du Festival d’Art Numérique de Taipei." Thesis, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016USPCA098.
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Cette thèse est une méditation sur l’art numérique et la perception, qui espère offrir un regard approfondi sur ces sujets. L’évolution technologique, comme le feu de Prométhée, apporte la lumière, et change le mode de vie humain, mais aussi les critères de l’art, en plus de nous introduire dans un monde inimaginable d’hyper-sensations. Science et technologie se déploient dans tous les domaines de la vie, le développement de l’interaction homme-machine nous inonde de dispositifs numériques et multimédia au quotidien, et nous rend familiers des mondes virtuels. Cette recherche explore les interactions entre l’art numérique et ses environnements de création et d’exposition.Deux études de terrain sont ici mises en relation : Le Festival d’Art Numérique de Taipei et Mons 2015, et soulignent un rapport art-science-société comme problématique. D’un point de vue sociologique, l’art numérique représente un microcosme de la société virtuelle et un macrocosme du monde réel, par la création d’une communauté virtuelle invisible.La science technologique incarne l’esprit humain et l’espace-temps, car la relation entre l’homme et la technologie marque la société contemporaine, où le scientifique et l’artiste peuvent créer des mondes imaginaires tout en traversant les oppositions dichotomiques entre la réalité et la virtualité. Ce travail de thèse permet ainsi d’explorer des entrecroisement entre le spectateur et l’œuvre, entre les mondes intelligible et sensible, réel et virtuel, visible et invisibleThis research is a meditation between digital art and perception of real-life, which hopes to offer a comprehensive look on these issues. Technology developments, such as the fire of Prometheus, not only bring the lights and changes in nature’s way into our daily life, but also the Principles and criteria of art. In addition, the new media bring us into unimaginable and hyper-sensations world. Science and technology are deployed and infiltrated in all area, the development of man-machine interaction flooded with digital devices and media every day, and make us rely on virtual worlds unconsciously. This research explores the interactions between digital art, digital art creation and exhibition environments.Two case studies are made here is related to: The Taipei Digital Art Festival and Mons 2015, and highlight a report art-science-society as problematic definition. From sociological point of view, digital art represents a microcosm of the virtual society and a macrocosm of the real world, by creating an invisible virtual community.Technological science embodies the human spirit and the space-time, because the relationship between man and technology marks contemporary society, where the scientist and the artist can create imaginary worlds while crossing dichotomous oppositions between reality and virtuality. This work allows us to explore the intersection between the viewer and the work, between intelligible and sensible worlds, real and virtual, visible and invisible
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Silveira, Greice Antolini. "IMERSÃO: SENSAÇÃO REDIMENSIONADA PELAS TECNOLOGIAS DIGITAIS NA ARTE CONTEMPORÂNEA." Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 2011. http://repositorio.ufsm.br/handle/1/5199.
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Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível SuperiorThis Master Thesis goals the comprehension of the enlargement that digital images add to the art field, specially the immersion feeling. It is thought that the feeling that the observer is inside the images is intensified by artistic experiences with digital technology, in this way it seems to be important to discuss such subject in a contemporary context, searching for some differences of the idea of immersion into images before and after digital technologies. To understand this transition from analog to digital image, that could be talks to as the production of image, considering the difference of being in front of, amid or in the image, besides explaining about the passage from observation to interaction between the art work and the interactor. Being within an ambient or not depends primarily on the comprehension of reality, so it is presented in this study discussions on reality, some questions on virtual and virtual reality Some devices are approached, so their contribution to the thinking of the feeling of immersion in artistic images relating it with current trend and getting in digital devices aside from showing some immersion levels suggested by researchers. For some detailed forthcoming the following art works will be analyzed: Osmose (2005) by Chair Davies and VRAquarium (2005) by Diana Domingues and Artecno team. Images that fullfil 360 grades from the observer sight can be found among all the Art History; some of them were made in order to cause in the spectator an immersion feeling in the presented scene. Therefore the attempt to comprehend the possible modifications that digital imaging provide to the Arts, especially the feeling of immersion, demonstrates itself as pertinent to understand how images can be presented at contemporary times.
Esta dissertação tem como objetivo compreender o redimensionamento que as imagens digitais dão ao campo da arte, sobretudo a sensação de imersão. Acredita-se que a sensação do observador estar na imagem intensifica-se a partir das experimentações artísticas com tecnologias digitais, de modo que é importante discutir este tema no contexto contemporâneo, buscando identificar algumas diferenças da ideia de imersão nas imagens antes e depois das tecnologias digitais. Para entender esta passagem da imagem analógica à digital discorre-se como ocorre a produção da imagem, ponderando sobre a diferença de estar diante, em meio ou na imagem, além de explanar sobre a passagem da observação à interatividade entre obra e interator. Estar ou não imerso em outro ambiente depende primeiramente da compreensão que se tem da realidade, assim também se apresentam neste estudo uma discussão acerca da realidade, algumas questões sobre o virtual e a realidade virtual. Abordam-se alguns dispositivos que contribuem para pensar a sensação de imersão em imagens artísticas, relacionando-os com propostas atuais, chegando até os dispositivos digitais, além de apresentar alguns níveis de imersão propostos por diferentes pesquisadores. Para uma aproximação mais aprofundada, analisa-se as obras Osmose (1995) de Char Davies e VRAquarium (2005), de Diana Domingues e Grupo Artecno. Imagens que compreendem 360 graus da visão do observador podem ser encontradas durante toda história da arte, de modo que, algumas vezes elas são realizadas com o intuito de causar a sensação de imersão na cena apresentada. Assim, tentar compreender as possíveis modificações que a imagem digital proporciona ao campo da arte, sobretudo a sensação de imersão, mostra-se pertinente para entender como as imagens podem ser apresentadas na contemporaneidade.
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Duffy, Brenden. "An investigation of advances in digital cartography through the mapping of West Virginia University." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2003. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=3217.
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Thesis (M.A.)--West Virginia University, 2003.Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains vi, 85 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps + AVI movie and VRML computer files. Includes AVI movie and VRML files. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 83-85).
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Aranda, Avila Fermin, and Hernández-Carrillo José María González. "Strategy to assess workstation ergonomics using virtual models of production." Thesis, Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för ingenjörsvetenskap, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-20207.
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Background: Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMSD) are a disadvantage for companies both from the health and economics view. To reduce them, workstation ergonomics need to be accounted for. Previous ergonomics assessments involved spreadsheets filled and analysed by ergonomists and were regarded as time and resource-consuming, but recent improvements in virtual reality (VR), motion capture (MoCap) and digital human modeling (DHM) tools have open new options for analyses. Workstation redesign is one of the most common ways to improve working conditions, but a proper strategy that allows recording a sequence of actions using VR and assesses ergonomics is needed. Limitations: The strategy was designed for Simumatik, software for virtual commissioning of workstations that wanted to also consolidate itself as a DHM tool. Simumatik and HTC Vive were used as MoCap system and Ergonomics in production platform (EPP) as the assessment tool. Method: Literature review – prestudies and definition of use cases to test strategy and implement in it - requirements and wishes – strategy development – validation of use cases – evaluation. Results: Compared to manual simulations performed manually in IPS IMMA where the user performs same tasks, the strategy output accuracy of 73.3%. However, there are some misinterpretations to fix within the performance of the strategy that would fairly raise it and make the study more realistic, concerning the use cases studied. These mistakes include the posture prediction of the neck and some minor issues with the performance of the use cases. The number of resources vs. development was also studied and it showed that fixing the minor mistakes would raise accuracy close to 80% in the use cases. Adding a chest tracker could make it close to 100% compared to manual simulations in IPS IMMA. Conclusions: The strategy steps were tested and concluded that worked fine, because of the accuracy reached. However, further development of all the parts concerning the strategy is needed. The aim reached was to achieve rough results that could democratize physical ergonomics assessments.
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Thompson, Paul. "An examination of the physical and temporal parameters of post-physical printmaking practice : exploring new modes of collaboration, distribution and consumption resulting from digital processes and networked participation." Thesis, Robert Gordon University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10059/999.
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This research was initiated by questions raised from the researcher’s professional activities in fine art printmaking and examines, through contextualised artistic practice and critical enquiry, redefinitions in the physical and temporal parameters of digitally mediated fine art printmaking caused by developments in digital media; specifically the impact of digital culture, Web2.0, social networking, augmented and virtual reality. Grounded on critical contextual review the research explores, through contextualised research probes, the notion of post-physical practice and the impact of new modes of collaboration, distribution and consumption on contemporary printmaking. It includes the findings of an international, digitally mediated, participatory and collaborative exchange survey of contemporary digital print, developed through direct enquiry using social media as a research tool. Philosophical questions about the impact of eculture, post-physical working and new modes of print-based artistic practice were examined, as well as the indexicality of the print itself in augmented and virtual contexts. The research employs dynamic triangulation between critical contextual review and direct qualitative and practice-based research; to develop a taxonomy framing the contextual precedents of digital printmaking, pinpointing key markers of transition between traditional and new printmaking. It uses post-studio methods and explores the conception, production, editioning, collection and ownership of print in an increasingly networked digital age, providing proof of concept and exploring virtual immersive surfaces in printmaking. These lead to the development of new models for a second generation of printmaking practice or Printmaking2.0 expressly founded in post-physical practice in a poststudio context and embracing the lingua franca of contemporary digital practice in the production of born digital virtually imprinted forms. In both, the technical practice of post-physical printmaking and the significant artistic implications resulting from the cultural shifts following digital participation and post-physical embodiment.
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Karlsson, Johan, Isak Glindrönn, and Selhan Bajra. "Volvo Säkerhetsträning : Volvo VR-träning." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för teknik och estetik, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-21934.
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I detta kandidatarbete undersöker vi hur med hjälp av virtuell verklighet (VR) kan gestalta en fabriksmiljö och upplevelse som ökar säkerhetstänket för nyanställda på Volvo i Olofström. Undersökningen utgår ifrån vårt samarbete med Volvo och deras egen fabrik som är i fokus där de har velat ha en säkerhetsutbildning inom VR för deras nyanställda och gångtrafikanter i fabriken. Med hjälp av designperspektivet digital didaktisk design har vi kunnat ställa i centrum på lärandet i görandet, att planera och skapa aktiviteter för någon så att användaren i fråga kan tillägna sig nya kunskaper. Frågeställningen inom denna undersökning är “Hur kan man skapa en fabriksmiljö inom VR som främjar lärande.” Med hjälp av metoderna vi valde för designprocessen kunde vi gestalta en fabrik som simulerar deras och även främja lärandet för säkerhetstänket som var en viktig del att komma till insikt om. Resultatet på undersökningen är att vi skapade en VR-prototyp med hjälp utav spelmotorn Unity. I denna VR-prototyp tar användaren igenom sig en livlig och hektisk fabriksmiljö som speglar det vi själva har fått uppleva genom våra observationer när vi var på besök hos Volvo i Olofström. Genom våra undersökningar inom VR säkerhet har vi upphöjt vår förståelse om vilka möjligheter VR har inom lärandet och att förmedla information. Dem viktiga punkterna för oss var att öka säkerhetstänket hos användaren genom att placera dem i scenarion där deverkligen får uppleva hur det verkligen är att vara inom en livlig fabrik och vad som förväntas av dem. Nyckelord: Virtuell verklighet (VR), säkerhetsträning, fabriksmiljö, VolvoIn this bachelor thesis, we investigate how, with the help of virtual reality (VR), we can create a factory environment and experience that increases the safety thinking for new employees at Volvo in Olofström. The survey is based on our collaboration with Volvo and their own factory, which is in focus where they have wanted a safety training in VR for their new employees and pedestrians in the factory. With the help of the design perspective digital didactic design, we have been able to put the focus on learning in practice, to plan and create activities for someone so that the user in question can acquire new knowledge. The question in this study is "How to create a factory environment within VR that promotes learning." With the help of the methods we chose for the design process, we were able to design a factory that simulates theirs and also promote learning for safety thinking, which was an important part to gain insight into. The result of our research is that we have created a prototype with the help of the game engine Unity through this process that takes the user through a lively and hectic factory environment that reflects what we ourselves have experienced through our observations when we visited Volvo in Olofström. Through our research in VR security, we have raised our understanding of what opportunities VR has in learning and to convey information. The important points for us were to increase the security thinking of the user by placing them in scenarios where they really get to experience what it really is like to be in a lively factory and what is expected of them Keywords: Virtual reality (VR), safety training, factory environment, Volvo