Recent progress in 3-D, immersive display and virtual reality (VR) technologies has made possible many exciting applications, for example, interactive visualization of complex scientiic data. To fully exploit this potential there is a need for \natural" interfaces that allow the manipulation of such displays without cumbersome attachments. In this paper we describe the use of visual hand gestur...

Stated preference experiments have been known to suffer from the lack of realism. This issue is particularly visible when the scenario doesn’t have a well understood prior reference e.g. in case of the autonomous vehicles related scenarios. We present Virtual Immersive Reality Environment (VIRE) that is capable of developing highly realistic, immersive, and interactive choice scenario. We demon...

This paper presents an immersive multimodal Gumdo simulation game that allows a user to experience the whole body interaction with an intelligent cyber fencer. The proposed system consists of three modules: (i) a nondistracting multimodal interface with 3D vision and speech (ii) an intelligent cyber fencer and (iii) an immersive feedback by a big screen and sound. Firstly, the multimodal interf...

This paper presents the technical characteristics of the first prototype that uses Augmented Reality to treat acrophobia. The immersive photographs are the virtual elements that represent the locations that the user fears. A total of 36 different immersive photographs have been included in the system (12 different locations with 3 parallel photographs in each location). At first, the system sho...

In recent years there has been tremendous progress in 3D, immersive display and virtual reality (VR) technologies. Scientific visualization of data is one of many applications that has benefited from this progress. To fully exploit the potential of these applications in the new environment there is a need for “natural” interfaces that allow the manipulation of such displays without burdensome a...

This experimental research was aimed at determining whether or not immersive virtual reality (IVR) technology gives a user a measurable advantage over more conventional display methods when visualizing complex 3D geometry. Subjects were shown an abstract rod sculpture in a variety of display and display-control modes, and were tasked with assembling a physical replica of the sculpture they were...

I n the new era of globally dispersed operations, increasing travel costs, and the ever-growing need for real-time decision-making, organizations should look for new, immersive technologies for distance collaboration. Virtual environments can provide flexible, cost-effective, and efficient ways for distributed team members, partners, and customers to connect just as they would in the real world...

BACKGROUND Physical activity is a modifiable behavior related to many preventable non-communicable diseases. There is an age-related decline in physical activity levels in young people, which tracks into adulthood. Common interactive technologies such as smartphones, particularly employing immersive features, may enhance the appeal and delivery of interventions to increase levels of physical ac...