Visualization of Vector Field by Virtual Reality

24 Visualization Using Virtual Reality

24.1.2 Virtual Reality What we now often refer to as virtual reality was first proposed in the 1960s [16,38,39]. In addition to the term ‘‘virtual reality,’’ many other terms such as ‘‘virtual environments,’’ ‘‘synthetic environments,’’ ‘‘virtual worlds,’’ and ‘‘artificial reality’’ have been used. Virtual reality has the capability of providing sensory information of sufficient fidelity that t...

Scientific Visualization in Virtual Reality

We present Studierstube our multi-user virtual environment and its application in the area of scientific visualization. We discuss concepts and advantages of using augmented reality – where the real environment is overlaid by computer generated images – as userinterface to complex, three-dimensional visualizations. We describe our experiences with such a system and propose future work in the ar...

Modular Virtual Reality Visualization Tools

We describe a collection of tools designed to be used in a Modular Visualization Environment (MVE) that facilitate the use of a Virtual Reality (VR) input device. VR input devices provide the means to easily and intuitively specify information which is threeor six-dimensional. Many scientific visualization tasks require this type of information. Our goal is to reduce the user interface complexi...

Modular Virtual Reality Visualization Tools

Virtual Reality Visualization of Distributed Tele-Experiments

The increased costs of laboratory environments such as mobile robots and the specialization of research groups increase the demand for collaboration between different research groups. Although the Internet can be regarded as the most important medium for cooperation over large distances, it does not provide the necessary bandwidth for the transmission of video-streams required for example durin...