... 1 Copyright © 2011 by ASME Proceedings of the ASME 2011 World Conference on Innovative Virtual Reality WINVR2011 June 27-29, 2011, Milan, Italy WINVR2011-5531 ASPECTS REGARDING MODULAR ROAD DESIGN IN VIRTUAL REALITY R zvan-Vlad Vasiu1, Cornel Bri an Tehnical University of Cluj-Napoca Cluj-Napoca...

... methods. virtual reality virtual assembly human computer interaction assembly methods prototyping 1 Copyright © 2011 by ASME A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK TO SUPPORT NATURAL INTERACTION FOR VIRTUAL ASSEMBLY TASKS Judy M. Vance Virtual Reality Applications Center Department of Mechanical Engineering...

...A GLOBAL APPROACH TO THE DESIGN AND EVALUATION OF VIRTUAL REALITY MEDICAL SIMULATORS Sofia Bayona Universidad Rey Juan Carlos Mostoles, Madrid, Spain Jose Manuel Fernandez-Arroyo Hospital Severo Ochoa Leganes, Madrid, Spain Pilar Bayona Instituto de Psicologia Integral, Salud y Coaching Avanza...

... This paper presents a novel method to tie geometric boundary representation (BREP) to voxel-based collision detection for use in haptic manual assembly simulation. Virtual Reality, in particular haptics, has been applied with promising results to improve preliminary product design, assembly...

... This paper presents the utilization of UML (Unified Modeling Language) state diagrams and activity diagrams in order to model a discrete control system for a virtual reality (VR) application. Discrete control systems are utilized to control the behavior of a virtual model within a VR application...

... to quickly and easily locate their products within a retail store. Virtual reality technology can be used to create a virtual store that is easily reconfigurable as a test environment for consumer feedback. The research presented in this paper involves a study that compares the use of a multi-wall immersive...

.... Virtual Reality Driving Simulation Speed Perception Image Warping Pixel Shader 1 Copyright © 2011 by ASME ENHANCEMENT OF THE SAAM DRIVING SIMULATOR GRAPHICS PIPELINE FOR SPEED PERCEPTION STUDIES Florent Colombet Arts & Métiers ParisTech, CNRS, Le2i 2 rue T. Dumorey, 71100 Chalon s/ S., France...

... feedback bubble technique hybrid haptic control virtual assembly virtual reality human-computer interaction Proceedings of the ASME 2011 World Conference on Innovative Virtual Reality WINVR 2011 June 27-29, 2011, Milan, Italy WINVR2011-5585 EXPANDING HAPTIC WORKSPACE FOR COUPLED-OBJECT MANIPULATION...

... inspect the changes of the stress field inside of the volume during, e.g. cross sectioning. Virtual Reality CAE/VR Integration Real-Time FEM Interactive Linear Static Simulation 1 Copyright © 2011 by ASME Proceedings of the ASME 2011 World Conference on Innovative Virtual Reality WINVR2011...

... to accomplish in real process plants. Virtual Reality (VR) provides a suitable mean to identify human failures, measure human performance and train field operators to risky situations. Nevertheless, not all the aspects relevant to Human Factors (HF) can be easily identified, assessed and reproduced in Virtual...

... 17 11 2010 Proceedings of the ASME 2010 World Conference on Innovative Virtual Reality WINVR2010 May 12-14, 2010, Ames, Iowa, USA WINVR2010-3708 META!BLAST: A SERIOUS GAME TO EXPLORE THE COMPLEXITIES OF STRUCTURAL AND METABOLIC CELL BIOLOGY Eve S. Wurtele1,2, Diane C. Bassham2 , Julie...

... 1 Proceedings of the ASME 2010 World Conference on Innovative Virtual Reality WINVR2010 May 12-14, 2010, Ames, Iowa, USA WINVR2010-3772 REAL-TIME SIMULATION AND VISUALIZATION ARCHITECTURE WITH FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAY (FPGA) SIMULATOR Manoj Karkee*1, Madhu Monga2, Brian L Steward1, Joseph...

... scientific objectives, our methodology and our research perspectives. Keywords 3D sound, 3D Interaction, Virtual Reality, Human Computer Interfaces. INTRODUCTION Multimodal stimulation and multimodal interaction are two relatively recent research focuses. They aim at the study and development of new...

... 17 11 2010 In the context of virtual reality (VR) and of computed aided design (CAD), haptic simulations are used to perform assembly tasks between 3D objects. To help the user to perform the assembly of CAD objects, we propose a new method of interactive assembly that uses both...

... for long distance education, learning and training. 5) Development of the mechanistic cutting force models and incorporation with the VCNC-MMT. Mechanistic cutting force models for helical end mills with corner radius has been completed and simulated using MATLAB. Virtual reality Virtual...

... 1 Copyright © 2010 by ASME Proceedings of ASME 2010 World Conference on Innovative Virtual Reality WINVR10 May 12-14, 2010, Ames, Iowa, USA WINVR2010-3757 VIRTUAL REALITY DEVELOPMENT FOR ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS Guoheng Chen, John Moreland, Daniel Ratko, Li Jin, Hao Shen, Bin Wu and Chenn Q. Zhou...

... a software library prototype to support multimodal feedback from virtual buttons in a 3D virtual reality workspace. Virtual Reality Haptics Virtual Button Feedback Multimodal Interaction User Interfaces Proceedings of the ASME 2010 World Conference on Innovative Virtual Reality WINVR2010 May 12...

.... These results advance the effort to improve manual assembly operations via haptic feedback in the virtual environment. Virtual Assembly Virtual Reality Human Computer Interaction Haptic Feedback Mechanical Design 1 Copyright © 2010 by ASME Proceedings of the ASME 2010 World Conference...

..., in a virtual reality-based cable harness design system can be automatically captured and represented. By automated and unobtrusive logging of a user as a design task is carried out, the resulting log file is parsed and various representations of the captured design processes are automatically generated. A user...

... of diffusion tensors by looking at the tensor elements even with the aid of traditional three dimensional visualization techniques. There is a need to fully explore the important characteristics of diffusion tensors in a straightforward and quantitative way. In this study, a virtual reality (VR) based MR DTI...