In this paper the problem of the synthesis of plucked strings by means of physically inspired models is reconsidered in the context of the player’s interaction with the virtual instrument. While solutions for the synthesis of guitar tones have been proposed, which are excellent from the acoustic point of view, the problem of the control of the physical parameters directly by the player has not ...

This article investigates the interaction between different techniques for depth compression and view synthesis rendering with multiview video plus scene depth data. Two different approaches for depth coding are compared, namely H.264/MVC, using temporal and inter-view reference images for efficient prediction, and the novel platelet-based coding algorithm, characterized by being adapted to the...

 We present the design of a Virtual Reality based user interface (VR-UI). It is the interface for the VR-DIS system, a design application for the Building and Construction industry (VR-DIS stands for Virtual Reality-Design Information System). The interface is characterised by a mixed representation of the task domain: an analogue " mock-up view " is being integrated with a descriptive " featu...

 We present the design of a Virtual Reality based user interface (VR-UI). It is the interface for the VR-DIS system, a design application for the Building and Construction industry (VRDIS stands for Virtual Reality Design Information System). The interface is characterised by a mixed representation of the task domain: an analogue “mock-up view” is being integrated with a descriptive “feature v...

Reactions of Meldrum's acid and its derivatives in view of their application in synthesis of diaminofurans,ketenimines, amidoesters, triamides, and diionic compounds, observed during the last decade in our laboratory,are reviewed.

VMware View for HP Client Virtualization reference architecture design 7 The building block 8 HP Thin Client as access devices 9 Virtual infrastructure configuration 9 Physical component configuration 10 Infrastructure virtual machines 10 HP IO Accelerator configuration 11 Shared storage configuration 11 Access infrastructure 12 Physical network details 12 Detailed VMware View pool configuratio...

Mobile Augmented Reality Systems (MARS) have the potential to revolutionize the way in which information is provided to users. Virtual information can be directly integrated with the real world surrounding the mobile user, who can interact with it to display related information, to pose and resolve queries, and to collaborate with other users. However, we believe that the benefits of MARS will ...

Speech and language processing technology has the potential of playing an important role in future deep space missions. To be able to replicate the success of speech technologies from ground to space, it is important to understand how astronaut’s speech production mechanism changes when they are in space. In this study, we investigate the variations of astronaut’s voice characteristic during NA...