A method is presented to rapidly incorporate real objects into virtual environments using laser scanned 3D models with color-based marker tracking. Both the real objects and their...
Xiyong Wang, Aaron Kotranza, John Quarles, Benjami...
Tracking is a necessity for interactive virtual environments. Marker-based tracking solutions involve the placement of fiducials in a rigid configuration on the object(s) to be ...
This paper presents a new interaction metaphor we have termed “god-like interaction”. This is a metaphor for improved communication of situational and navigational information...
Avari is a virtual receptionist for the Computer Science department at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Her components include background subtraction to detect a per...
In this paper we discuss the problem of deploying appliances for interactive services in complex physical environments using a knowledge based approach to define the relations bet...