Virtual Reality for Industrial Applications

Title:

ISBN:

9783642468476

Edition:

1st ed. 1998.

Publication Information New:

Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1998.

Physical Description:

IX, 173 p. online resource.

Series:

Computer Graphics: Systems and Applications

Contents:

- Beyond Walkthroughs -- I VR Techniques -- 1 VR-Techniques for Industrial Applications -- 2 Immersive User Interaction Within Industrial Virtual Environments -- 3 A Vision Based System Controlling the Virtual Tables Camera -- II From CAD to VR -- 4 Data Preparation on Polygonal Basis -- 5 SIMPLIFY - Application Specific Data Preparation -- III Applications -- 6 Virtual Reality (VR) - New Methods for Improving and Accelerating Vehicle Development -- 7 3D Realtime Simulation and VR-Tools in the Manufacturing Industry -- 8 Virtual Reality in Telerobotics Applications at CAE Elektronik GmbH -- 9 Experiences with Virtual Reality Techniques in the Prototyping Process at BMW -- Color Plates -- List of Figures.

Abstract:

Virtual Reality (VR) is becoming the enabling technology for man-machine communications. Besides entertainment and architectural walkthroughs, VR can be used in industry for better design evaluations, concurrent engineering, etc. This book gives a systematic overview of the fundamental aspects of VR technology and its industrial applications, based on up-to-date information provided by experts from research and industry. All the authors are leading VR researchers. Especially those from industry are pioneers of VR applications. The book contains their newest research results and concrete application examples with illustrations and color images.

Subject Term:

Multimedia Information Systems.

Computer Modelling.

Applied Dynamical Systems.

Added Author:

Dai, Fan.

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