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ICDE
1998
IEEE
180views Database» more  ICDE 1998»
16 years 7 months ago
The Alps at Your Fingertips: Virtual Reality and Geoinformation Systems
We advocate a desktop virtual reality (VR) interface to a geographic information system (GIS). The navigational capability to explore large topographic scenes is a powerful metaph...
Renato Pajarola, Thomas Ohler, Peter Stucki, Korne...
CIRA
2007
IEEE
152views Robotics» more  CIRA 2007»
16 years 26 days ago
Probabilistic Semantic Mapping with a Virtual Sensor for Building/Nature detection
Abstract— In human-robot communication it is often important to relate robot sensor readings to concepts used by humans. We believe that access to semantic maps will make it poss...
Martin Persson, Tom Duckett, Christoffer Valgren, ...
PERVASIVE
2007
Springer
16 years 19 days ago
Virtual Walls: Protecting Digital Privacy in Pervasive Environments
As pervasive environments become more commonplace, the privacy of users is placed at increased risk. The numerous and diverse sensors in these environments can record users’ cont...
Apu Kapadia, Tristan Henderson, Jeffrey J. Fieldin...
RT
2005
Springer
16 years 10 hour ago
Real Illumination from Virtual Environments
We introduce a method for actively controlling the illumination in a room so that it is consistent with a virtual world. In combination with a high dynamic range display, the syst...
Abhijeet Ghosh, Matthew Trentacoste, Helge Seetzen...
VRST
2004
ACM
15 years 12 months ago
NOYO: 6DOF elastic rate control for virtual environments
It is an interesting challenge to design input devices that are easy to learn and use and that allow a wide range of differentiated input. We have developed a novel joystick-like ...
Andreas Simon, Mario Doulis