Virtual Environments 2000: Proceedings of the Eurographics Workshop in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 1–2, 2000

226 Pages·2000·10 MB·English

by  Michael Zyda (auth.)

Series Editors
W. Hansmann
W. Purgathofer
F. Sillion
J. D. Mulder
R. van Liere (eds.)
Virtual Environments 2000
Proceedings of the Eurographics Workshop
in Amsterdam, The Netherlands,
June 1-2, 2000
Eurographics
SpringerWienN ewYork
Dr. Jurriaan Mulder
ir. Robert van Liere
Center for Mathematics and Computer Science,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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SPIN: 10768595
With 95 partly coloured Figures
ISSN 0946-2767
ISBN-13:978-3-211-83516-6 e-ISBN-13:978-3-7091-6785-4
DOl: 10.1007/978-3-7091-6785-4
Preface
This book contains the proceedings of the sixth Eurographics Workshop on Vir
tual Environments. The event took place from June 1 to June 2, 2000, in Am
sterdam. We hope that readers will find these proceedings to be valuable, not
only for virtual environment researchers, but also for practitioners developing or
using virtual environment applications.
We are glad to report that visibility of the workshop continues to expand and
that virtual environment researchers and practitioners from allover the world
are submitting papers. This year, 40 papers and case studies were submitted
of which 20 were accepted. In addition, we are glad to see that the focus of
the workshop is also expanding. We accepted 6 research papers on evaluation of
virtual environments and there was a broad sampling of other topics.
We would like to thank all those involved in organizing the symposium. In
particular, thanks go to Mieke Brune who was in charge of the local organization.
In addition, we want to thank the international program committee for their
excellent, yet laborious, job in reviewing all submitted papers. The quality of
the workshop is a reflection of the quality of the submitted papers and the quality
of the reviewing process.
Amsterdam, June 2000 Robert van Liere,
Jurriaan Mulder.
Chairs and IPC
Workshop Co-Chairs
Robert van Liere, CWI, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Jurriaan Mulder, CWI, Amsterdam, Netherlands
International Program Committee
P. Astheimer M. Gobel D. Schmalstieg
R. Azuma U. Lang B. Sherman
D. Boyd R. van Liere P. Sloot
D. Breen B. Loftin P.J. Stappers
S. Coquillart H. Miiller R. Taylor
C. Cruz-Neira J. Mulder D. Thalmann
S. Ellis A. Nijholt R. Ziegler
B. Frohlich F. Post M. Zyda
M. Gervautz L. Rosenblum
Table of Contents
Invited Talk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Tracking
Practical Calibration Procedures for Augmented Reality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Anton Fuhrmann, Dieter Schmalstieg, and Werner Purgathofer
Evaluation of Rotation Correction Techniques for Electromagnetic Position
Tracking Systems. .. . . .. . . . . .. . . .. .. . . .. .. . . . .. . . .. .. . . . . .. . . .. .. .. 13
Volodymyr Kindratenko and Angela Bennett
Interaction Between Real and Virtual Humans: Playing Checkers ........ 23
Rimy Torre, Pascal Fua, Selim Balcisoy, Michal Ponder, and Daniel
Thalmann
Interaction
A 'Plug and Play' Approach to Testing Virtual Environment Interaction
Techniques. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 33
James S. Willans and Michael D. Harrison
Dynamics in Interaction on the Responsive Workbench. .. .... ..• . .. . . .. 43
Michal K outek and Frits H. Post
Developing Effective Navigation Techniques in Virtual Environments. . . .. 55
Sabine Volbracht and Gitta Domik
Evaluation
The Interaction Between Individuals' Immersive Tendencies and the Sen
sation of Presence in a Virtual Environment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 65
Cathryn Johns, David Nunez, Marc Daya, Duncan Sellars, Juan
Casanueva, and Edwin Blake
Dextrous VR in Professional Settings: the Importance of Stereoscopic Dis-
play and Hand-Image Collocation. .. . ... .. .. . . . .. ... . .. . ... . . .. .. . . .. 75
John Waterworth
The Effects of Group Collaboration on Presence in a Collaborative Virtual
Environment ................................................ . . . . .. 85
Juan Casanueva and Edwin Blake
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Distributed Environments
Quality of Service Management for a Media-Enhanced Virtual Meeting Place 95
Evangelos Pappas-Katsia!as, Alan Smith, and Kasha! Khan
An Asynchronous Architecture to Manage Communication, Display, and
User Interaction in Distributed Virtual Environments ................... 105
Y. Fabre, G. Pitel, L. Soubrevilla, E. Mar"chand, T. Giraud, and A.
Demaille
Algorithms
Time Critical Computing and Rendering of Molecular Surfaces Using a
Zonal Map ........................................................ 115
Henk Huitema and Robert van Liere
A Volumetric Virtual Environment for Catheter Insertion Simulation ..... 125
Antonio Zorcolo, Enrico Gobbetti, Gianluigi Zanetti, and Massimiliano
Tuveri
Continuously-Adaptive Haptic Rendering ............................. 135
Jihad El-Sana and Amitabh Varshney
VE's in Industrial Design
Towards Immersive Modeling - Challenges and Recommendations: A
Workshop Analyzing the Needs of Designers ........................... 145
Joachim Deisinger, Roland Blach, Gerold Wesche, Ral! Breining, and
Andreas Simon
Interacting with Simulation Data in an Immersive Environment .......... 157
Christian K nopfie
ERGONAUT: A Tool for Ergonomic Analyses in Virtual Environments ... 167
Joachim Deisinger, Ral! Breining, and Andreas RojJler
Case Studies
Virtual Planetarium in CyberStage ................................... 177
Valery Burkin, Martin Gobel, Prank Hasenbrink, Stanislav Klimenko,
Igor Nikitin, and Henrik Tramberend
Accelerometer-Based Motion Tracking for Orchestra Conductor Following. 187
Tommi flmonen and Janne Jalkanen
Beyond Academic Excercises-Strategies Towards a Profitable Implemen-
tation of VR Technology in Company Work Processes .................. 197
Thomas Reuding
Authors Index ................................................ 207
Color Plates ................................................... 209
Invited Talk
The NPS Modeling, Virtual Environments & Simulation
(MOVES) Program - Entertainment Research Directions
Michael Zyda
Naval Postgraduate School,
MOVES Academic Group,
Monterey, California 93943-5118 USA,
[email protected]
Abstract
The National Research Council report entitled "Modeling and Simulation -Link
ing Entertainment and Defense" described a basic and applied research agenda
applicable to both the virtual reality and entertainment research communities.
The Naval Postgraduate School has developed an educational and research pro
gram in support of the report's agenda with foci on technologies for immer
sion (low-cost 3D image generation, spatial tracking, game platform utilization,
multimodal sensory presentation), networked simulation (high bandwidth net
works, dynamically extensible network software architectures, area of interest
management, techniques for latency reduction, standards for interoperability),
and computer-generated autonomy (agent-based simulation, adaptability, learn
ing, human behavior representations). In the presentation, we examine the future
of networked entertainment and its requirements also useful for modeling, vir
tual environments and simulation. We then look at some particular efforts being
carried out by the Naval Postgraduate School's Modeling, Virtual Environments
and Simulation (MOVES) Academic Group.
Biography
Michael Zyda is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the Naval
Postgraduate School, Monterey, California. Professor Zyda is also the Chair
of the NPS Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation Academic Group.
Since 1986, he has been the Director of the NPSNET Research Group. Professor
Zyda's research interests include computer graphics, large-scale, networked 3D
virtual environments, computer-generated characters, video production, enter
tainment/defense collaboration, and modeling and simulation. He is known for
his work on software architectures for networked virtual environments.
Professor Zyda was a member of the National Research Council's Commit
tee on "Virtual Reality Research and Development". Professor Zyda was the
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chair of the National Research Council's Computer Science and Telecommuni
cations Board Committee on "Modeling and Simulation: Linking Entertainment
& Defense". From that report, for the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army
for Research and Technology, Professor Zyda drafted the operating plan and
research agenda for the USC Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT).
Professor Zyda is a member of the National Research Council Committee on
Advanced Engineering Environments. Professor Zyda is also a Senior Editor for
Virtual Environments for the MIT Press quarterly PRESENCE, the journal of
teleoperation and virtual environments. He is a member of the Editorial Advisory
Board of the journal Computers & Graphics. Professor Zyda is a member of the
Technical Advisory Board of the Fraunhofer Center for Research in Computer
Graphics, Providence, Rhode Island.
Professor Zyda has consulted for the White House Office of Science and Tech
nology Policy, the Ministry of Industrial Development Sabah Province, Malaysia,
Japan Tech Services Corporation, Tokyo, Hitachi Plant Construction & Engi
neering, Ohtsuka, SimGraphics Engineering, Pasadena, Silicon Graphics Inter
national, Geneva, Nihon Silicon Graphics KK, TecMagik and Paramount Digital
Entertainment, among others. He is a speaker with Celebrity Speakers, Interna
tional.