THE FOUR-MASTED BARQUE PEKING IN VIRTUAL REALITY AS A NEW FORM OF KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER

Abstract. Virtual Reality (VR) has established itself in recent years in the geosciences through its application in the immersive visualization of spatial data. In particular, VR offers new possibilities for the user to acquire knowledge through playful interaction within a virtual environment. This paper details the development and implementation of a new form of knowledge transfer, based on interactivity within a VR system. The particular use-case discussed is a VR application focusing on the four-masted barque Peking. From 2023 on, the restored ship will form an important exhibit in the future German Hafenmuseum in Hamburg. The new VR application offers users the possibility to enter and explore a virtual model of the Peking and find out more information at three separate points of interaction (3D object models, sails and ship flags). These interaction points provide a timely opportunity to examine several of the theoretical aspects of knowledge transfer through interactivity and integrate them in the development of the VR application. Above all, the VR application should be an important part of the learning process for the user. There remains still much potential for further research into more advanced approaches such as support for user-input questions and tailored content.

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Determining the Important Subjective Criteria in the Perception of Human-Like Robot Movements Using Virtual Reality

International Journal of Humanoid Robotics ◽

10.1142/s0219843615500334 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 13 (02) ◽

pp. 1550033 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Olivier Hugues ◽

Vincent Weistroffer ◽

Alexis Paljic ◽

Philippe Fuchs ◽

Ahmad Abdul Karim ◽

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Keyword(s):

Virtual Reality ◽

Velocity Profile ◽

Virtual Environment ◽

User Study ◽

Use Case ◽

Robot Arm ◽

End Effector ◽

Human Likeness ◽

Industrial Use ◽

Different Levels

This paper deals with the design and the evaluation of human-like robot movements. Three criteria were proposed and evaluated regarding their impact on the human-likeness of the robot movements: The inertia of the base, the inertia of the end-effector and the velocity profile. A specific tool was designed to generate different levels of anthropomorphism according to these three parameters. An industrial use case was designed to compare several robot movements. This use case was implemented with a virtual robot arm in a virtual environment, using virtual reality. A user study was conducted to determine what were the important criteria in the perception of human-like robot movements and what were their correlations with other notions such as safety and preference. The results showed that inertia on the end-effector was of most importance for a movement to be perceived as human-like and nonaggressive, and that those characteristics helped the users feel safer, less stressed and more willing to work with the robot.

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Virtual reality as an empirical research tool — Exploring user experience in a real building and a corresponding virtual model

Computers Environment and Urban Systems ◽

10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2015.09.006 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 54 ◽

pp. 363-375 ◽

Cited By ~ 104

Author(s):

S.F. Kuliga ◽

T. Thrash ◽

R.C. Dalton ◽

C. Hölscher

Keyword(s):

Virtual Reality ◽

Empirical Research ◽

User Experience ◽

Research Tool ◽

Virtual Model ◽

Real Building

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LIRKIS Global Collaborative Virtual Environments: Current State and Utilization Perspective

Open Computer Science ◽

10.1515/comp-2020-0124 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 99-106

Author(s):

Marián Hudák ◽

Štefan Korečko ◽

Branislav Sobota

Keyword(s):

Virtual Reality ◽

Virtual Environments ◽

Smart Devices ◽

Collaborative Virtual Environments ◽

Web Based ◽

Smart Client ◽

Input Devices ◽

User Input ◽

History Of ◽

Shared Virtual Environments

AbstractRecent advances in the field of web technologies, including the increasing support of virtual reality hardware, have allowed for shared virtual environments, reachable by just entering a URL in a browser. One contemporary solution that provides such a shared virtual reality is LIRKIS Global Collaborative Virtual Environments (LIRKIS G-CVE). It is a web-based software system, built on top of the A-Frame and Networked-Aframe frameworks. This paper describes LIRKIS G-CVE and introduces its two original components. The first one is the Smart-Client Interface, which turns smart devices, such as smartphones and tablets, into input devices. The advantage of this component over the standard way of user input is demonstrated by a series of experiments. The second component is the Enhanced Client Access layer, which provides access to positions and orientations of clients that share a virtual environment. The layer also stores a history of connected clients and provides limited control over the clients. The paper also outlines an ongoing experiment aimed at an evaluation of LIRKIS G-CVE in the area of virtual prototype testing.

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Rear-Seat Productivity in Virtual Reality: Investigating VR Interaction in the Confined Space of a Car

Multimodal Technologies and Interaction ◽

10.3390/mti5040015 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5 (4) ◽

pp. 15

Author(s):

Jingyi Li ◽

Ceenu George ◽

Andrea Ngao ◽

Kai Holländer ◽

Stefan Mayer ◽

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Keyword(s):

Virtual Reality ◽

Virtual Environment ◽

Physical Space ◽

Rear Seat ◽

Virtual Space ◽

Future Research ◽

Confined Space ◽

Physical Restraints ◽

Working Environments ◽

Research And Design

Ubiquitous technology lets us work in flexible and decentralised ways. Passengers can already use travel time to be productive, and we envision even better performance and experience in vehicles with emerging technologies, such as virtual reality (VR) headsets. However, the confined physical space constrains interactions while the virtual space may be conceptually borderless. We therefore conducted a VR study (N = 33) to examine the influence of physical restraints and virtual working environments on performance, presence, and the feeling of safety. Our findings show that virtual borders make passengers touch the car interior less, while performance and presence are comparable across conditions. Although passengers prefer a secluded and unlimited virtual environment (nature), they are more productive in a shared and limited one (office). We further discuss choices for virtual borders and environments, social experience, and safety responsiveness. Our work highlights opportunities and challenges for future research and design of rear-seat VR interaction.

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From Virtual Reality to Neuroscience and Back: a Use Case on Peripersonal Hand Space Plasticity

2020 IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality (AIVR) ◽

10.1109/aivr50618.2020.00082 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Agata Marta Soccini ◽

Francesca Ferroni ◽

Martina Ardizzi

Keyword(s):

Virtual Reality ◽

Use Case

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Low-Asymmetry Interface for Multiuser VR Experiences with Both HMD and Non-HMD Users

Sensors ◽

10.3390/s21020397 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 (2) ◽

pp. 397

Author(s):

Qimeng Zhang ◽

Ji-Su Ban ◽

Mingyu Kim ◽

Hae Won Byun ◽

Chang-Hun Kim

Keyword(s):

Virtual Reality ◽

Virtual Environment ◽

Mobile Device ◽

User Satisfaction ◽

Virtual World ◽

User Study ◽

Visual Display ◽

Point Of View ◽

Head Mounted Display ◽

And Behavior

We propose a low-asymmetry interface to improve the presence of non-head-mounted-display (non-HMD) users in shared virtual reality (VR) experiences with HMD users. The low-asymmetry interface ensures that the HMD and non-HMD users’ perception of the VR environment is almost similar. That is, the point-of-view asymmetry and behavior asymmetry between HMD and non-HMD users are reduced. Our system comprises a portable mobile device as a visual display to provide a changing PoV for the non-HMD user and a walking simulator as an in-place walking detection sensor to enable the same level of realistic and unrestricted physical-walking-based locomotion for all users. Because this allows non-HMD users to experience the same level of visualization and free movement as HMD users, both of them can engage as the main actors in movement scenarios. Our user study revealed that the low-asymmetry interface enables non-HMD users to feel a presence similar to that of the HMD users when performing equivalent locomotion tasks in a virtual environment. Furthermore, our system can enable one HMD user and multiple non-HMD users to participate together in a virtual world; moreover, our experiments show that the non-HMD user satisfaction increases with the number of non-HMD participants owing to increased presence and enjoyment.

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Designing an Artificial Intelligence Control Program Model to be Tested and Implemented in Virtual Reality for Automated Chevrolet Camaro

Proceedings ◽

10.3390/proceedings2020063044 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 63 (1) ◽

pp. 44

Author(s):

Lavinia Andrei ◽

Doru-Laurean Baldean ◽

Adela-Ioana Borzan

Keyword(s):

Artificial Intelligence ◽

Virtual Reality ◽

Control Program ◽

Specific Model ◽

Virtual Model ◽

Program Model ◽

Real Size ◽

Virtual Modeling ◽

And Robotics ◽

Virtual Reality Application

A control program was designed with Unity 5 virtual reality application in the automotive and robotics field. Thus, a virtual model of a robotic car was tested in a virtual reality program. After optimization, the smart controller was implemented on a specific model of the automated Chevrolet Camaro. The main objective of the present paper is to design a control program model to be tested in virtual reality and in a real-size car. Results concerning the virtual modeling of an automated car and its artificial intelligence controls have been presented and discussed, outlining the forces, torques, and context awareness capabilities of the car.

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A Virtual Reality System for Pre-Planning of Robotic-Assisted Prostate Biopsy

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.772.585 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 772 ◽

pp. 585-590

Author(s):

Florin Gîrbacia ◽

Silviu Butnariu ◽

Daniel Voinea ◽

Bogdan Tzolea ◽

Teodora Gîrbacia ◽

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Keyword(s):

Virtual Reality ◽

Virtual Environment ◽

Virtual Reality System ◽

Surgical Robots ◽

Robotic Assisted ◽

Biopsy Procedure ◽

Planning Software ◽

Operative Planning ◽

Serial Robot ◽

Needle Trajectory

Surgical robots for biopsy procedure require pre-operative planning of trajectories prior to be used for needle guiding procedures. Virtual Reality (VR) technologies allow to simulate robotic biopsy procedure and to generate accurate needle trajectories that avoid vital organs. The paper presents a serial robot which can be used for biopsy procedure and a needle trajectory planning software based on VR technologies. A virtual environment has been modelled and simulations for robotic-assisted biopsy of the prostate have been performed.

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