scholarly journals Exploring Online Experimentation

2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (S8) ◽  
pp. 4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Teresa Restivo ◽  
Alberto Cardoso
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Virtual Environments ◽  
Serious Games ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
The Real ◽  
Online Tools ◽  
Online Experimentation ◽  
Interactive Videos ◽  
Virtual Experimentation

Online experimentation comprises remote and virtual experimentation also aided and complemented by other online tools based in virtual reality, augmented reality, sensorial devices, live videos, interactive videos and serious games which promote user immersion in virtual environments recreating the real experience. This Special Issue collects an interesting set of short articles describing more than 20 different works in the context of online experimentation

scholarly journals Online Experimentation Forum

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (04) ◽  
pp. 4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alberto Cardoso ◽  
Maria Teresa Restivo ◽  
Helia M.G. Guerra ◽  
Luis M.P. Gomes
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Virtual Environments ◽  
Serious Games ◽  
Emerging Technologies ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
International Conference ◽  
Online Experimentation ◽  
Interactive Videos ◽  
Virtual Experimentation

Online experimentation is based on emerging technologies for remote and virtual experimentation also aided and complemented by other online applications based in virtual reality, augmented reality, sensorial devices, potentiated by additional tools like live videos, interactive videos and serious games available through web platforms, which promote user immersion in virtual environments recreating the reality. This Special Issue collects a set of selected short papers describing 22 different works exploring online experimentation, demonstrated during the Exhibition Sessions of the 3rd edition of the Experiment@International Conference – exp.at’15.

Impact of Augmented Reality (AR) in Civil Engineering

2007 ◽  
Vol 18-19 ◽  
pp. 63-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Senthil Kumaran ◽  
K.R. Santhi ◽  
P.M.Rubesh Anand
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Virtual Environments ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Main Interest ◽  
The Real ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Long Period ◽  
Augmented Reality Technology

The ability to view constructions virtually before using the real resources to construct them has been of main interest in civil engineering over a long period of time. This has been achieved partially through virtual reality. Virtual Reality helps in visualizing the operations on computer generated jobsites and to study the available alternate plans. Even though the latest software in virtual reality helps us in designing and drawing the plans, the question of reality still arises. The plans that are done in computer sometimes do not match with the real practical applications. This shows that it is difficult to bring the experiences of practical world into the computer. In order to overcome the gap between the real and virtual environments, this paper highlights the use of Augmented Reality (AR) in all the areas of civil engineering instead of using Virtual Reality. This paper describes the developing augmented reality technology and its various application domains in civil engineering.

Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and Virtual Environments: Demonstrations of Current Technologies and Future Directions

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 2119-2123
Author(s):  
Sarah Beadle ◽  
Randall Spain ◽  
Benjamin Goldberg ◽  
Mahdi Ebnali ◽  
Shannon Bailey ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Human Factors ◽  
Virtual Environments ◽  
Medical Training ◽  
Risk Environment ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Simulated Environments ◽  
Interactive Session ◽  
Immersive Technologies

Virtual environments and immersive technologies are growing in popularity for human factors purposes. Whether it is training in a low-risk environment or using simulated environments for testing future automated vehicles, virtual environments show promise for the future of our field. The purpose of this session is to have current human factors practitioners and researchers demonstrate their immersive technologies. This is the eighth iteration of the “Me and My VE” interactive session. Presenters in this session will provide a brief introduction of their virtual reality, augmented reality, or virtual environment work before engaging with attendees in an interactive demonstration period. During this period, the presenters will each have a multimedia display of their immersive technology as well as discuss their work and development efforts. The selected demonstrations cover issues of designing immersive interfaces, military and medical training, and using simulation to better understand complex tasks. This includes a mix of government, industry, and academic-based work. Attendees will be virtually immersed in the technologies and research presented allowing for interaction with the work being done in this field.

scholarly journals Revealing Hidden Local Cultural Heritage through a Serious Escape Game in Outdoor Settings

Information ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 10
Author(s):  
Stavroula Tzima ◽  
Georgios Styliaras ◽  
Athanasios Bassounas
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Physical Environment ◽  
Local History ◽  
Educational Context ◽  
Virtual Reality Technology ◽  
The Real ◽  
Hybrid Type ◽  
Game Mechanics

Escape Rooms are presently considered a very popular social entertainment activity, with increasing popularity in education field, since they are considered capable of stimulating the interest of players/students and enhancing learning. The combined game mechanics have led to blended forms of Escape Rooms, the Serious Escape Games (SEGs) and the hybrid type of Escape Rooms that uses Augmented Reality (AR)/Virtual Reality technology, a type that is expected to be widely used in the future. In the current study, the MillSecret is presented, a multi-player Serious Escape Game about local cultural heritage, where the players must solve a riddle about the cultural asset of watermills. MillSecret uses AR technology and it was designed to be conducted in the real-physical environment and in an informal educational context. The paper describes the game, its implementation, the playing process, and its evaluation, which aimed to study the feasibility of game conduction in outdoor settings and the views and experience of players with the game, the local cultural heritage and local history. Evaluation results reveal, among other findings, a very positive first feedback from players that allows us to further evolve the development of the game.

scholarly journals Special Issue on “Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality & Semantic 3D Reconstruction”

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (18) ◽  
pp. 8590
Author(s):  
Zhihan Lv ◽  
Jing-Yan Wang ◽  
Neeraj Kumar ◽  
Jaime Lloret
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Augmented Reality ◽  
3D Reconstruction ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Key Technology ◽  
Viable Solution ◽  
The Way ◽  
Critical Needs

Augmented Reality is a key technology that will facilitate a major paradigm shift in the way users interact with data and has only just recently been recognized as a viable solution for solving many critical needs [...]

Current Trends on the Acquisition, Virtual Representation, and Interaction of Cultural Heritage

2020 ◽  
pp. 143-167
Author(s):  
Cristina Portalés ◽  
Sergio Casas ◽  
Lucía Vera ◽  
Javier Sevilla
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Multidisciplinary Team ◽  
Serious Games ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Current Trends

Cultural heritage (CH) tells us about our roots, and therefore, constitutes a rich value for the society. Its conservation, dissemination, and understanding are of utmost importance. In order to preserve CH for the upcoming generations, it needs to be documented, a process that nowadays is done digitally. Current trends involve a set of technologies (cameras, scanners, etc.) for the shape and radiometric acquisition of assets. Also, intangible CH can be digitally documented in a variety of forms. Having such assets virtualized, a proper dissemination channel is of relevance, and recently, new technologies that make use of interaction paradigms have emerged. Among them, in this chapter, the authors focus their attention in the technologies of virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and serious games (SGs). They aim to explore these technologies in order to show their benefits in the dissemination and understanding of CH. Though the work involving them is not trivial, and usually a multidisciplinary team is required, the benefits for CH make them worth it.

Gamification in Dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment

2021 ◽  
pp. 112-131
Author(s):  
Vitor Simões-Silva ◽  
Susana Alexandra Mendonça Gregório ◽  
Tarcisio de Tarco Moura Luz ◽  
Ana Francisca Casinhas Coutinho Lapa ◽  
António Marques
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Mild Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Cognitive Skills ◽  
Serious Games ◽  
Motor Coordination ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Attention Memory ◽  
Anxiety Depression

The following chapter will address the use of gamification (specifically serious games), as well as its results and conditions of use, as an assessment and intervention tool for people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia diagnosis. These games are effective for cognitive skills, such as attention, memory, executive functions, and speed processing. Besides this, physical (related to motor coordination and movement), social, psychological, and emotional (related to motivation, anxiety, depression, and stress) skills can be improved by serious games. It will be considered the contexts of the use of different games, such as Episodix, Panoramix, and some other games that are applied as serious games, like exergames. Besides, it will be also referred the different platforms associated with these games, such as mobile applications, videogames, virtual reality, and augmented reality.

scholarly journals Virtual Object Replacement Based on Real Environments: Potential Application in Augmented Reality Systems

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 1797
Author(s):  
Chen ◽  
Lin
Keyword(s):  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Virtual Environments ◽  
Real World ◽  
Point Clouds ◽  
Virtual Object ◽  
Movement Trajectory ◽  
The Real ◽  
Virtual Objects ◽  
Real Environment ◽  
Localization And Mapping

Augmented reality (AR) is an emerging technology that allows users to interact with simulated environments, including those emulating scenes in the real world. Most current AR technologies involve the placement of virtual objects within these scenes. However, difficulties in modeling real-world objects greatly limit the scope of the simulation, and thus the depth of the user experience. In this study, we developed a process by which to realize virtual environments that are based entirely on scenes in the real world. In modeling the real world, the proposed scheme divides scenes into discrete objects, which are then replaced with virtual objects. This enables users to interact in and with virtual environments without limitations. An RGB-D camera is used in conjunction with simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) to obtain the movement trajectory of the user and derive information related to the real environment. In modeling the environment, graph-based segmentation is used to segment point clouds and perform object segmentation to enable the subsequent replacement of objects with equivalent virtual entities. Superquadrics are used to derive shape parameters and location information from the segmentation results in order to ensure that the scale of the virtual objects matches the original objects in the real world. Only after the objects have been replaced with their virtual counterparts in the real environment converted into a virtual scene. Experiments involving the emulation of real-world locations demonstrated the feasibility of the proposed rendering scheme. A rock-climbing application scenario is finally presented to illustrate the potential use of the proposed system in AR applications.

scholarly journals Virtual and augmented reality technologies in Human Performance: a review

2015 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 823-835 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tânia Brusque Crocetta ◽  
Sandra Rogéria de Oliveira ◽  
Carla Maria de Liz ◽  
Alexandro Andrade
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Serious Games ◽  
Human Performance ◽  
Elderly Women ◽  
Physical Therapists ◽  
Education Professionals ◽  
Information And Communication

Abstract Introduction : Today's society is influenced by Information and Communication Technologies. Toys that were once built by hand have been reinterpreted and have become highly commercialized products. In this context, games using Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) technologies are present in the everyday lives of children, youth and adults. Objective : To investigate how Physical Education professionals in Brazil have been making use of AR and VR games to benefit their work. Materials and methods : We only included studies that addressed exercise or physical activity using AR or VR games. We searched the databases of Virtual Health Library (VHL) and Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO), using the words augmented reality, virtual reality, exergames, Wii and serious games. Results : Nineteen articles were included in the systematic review. The most frequently used device was the Nintendo(r) Wii, with over 25 different kinds of games. With regard to the subjects of the studies, four studies were conducted with healthy individuals (mean = 65.7), three with patients with Parkinson's disease (mean = 18.0), three with elderly women (mean = 7.7) and two with patients with stroke injury (mean = 6.0). Conclusion : Many physical therapists and occupational therapists use serious games with AR or VR technologies as another work tool, especially for rehabilitation practices. The fact that these technologies are also used in Physical Education classes in Brazil indicates that electronic games are available and can be a tool that can contribute to the widespread adoption of exercise as an enjoyable form of recreation.

Influence of Physical Characteristics of Routes on Distance Cognition in Virtual Environments

2005 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 777-785 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ebru Cubukcu ◽  
Jack L Nasar
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Virtual Environments ◽  
Virtual Environment ◽  
Real World ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Spatial Behavior ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Parking Garage ◽  
The Real ◽  
Predicting Behavior

Discrepanices between perceived and actual distance may affect people's spatial behavior. In a previous study Nasar, using self report of behavior, found that segmentation (measured through the number of buildings) along the route affected choice of parking garage and path from the parking garage to a destination. We recreated that same environment in a three-dimensional virtual environment and conducted a test to see whether the same factors emerged under these more controlled conditions and to see whether spatial behavior in the virtual environment accurately reflected behavior in the real environment. The results confirmed similar patterns of response in the virtual and real environments. This supports the use of virtual reality as a tool for predicting behavior in the real world and confirms increases in segmentation as related to increases in perceived distance.

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