Overview
- Presents the main technological and design aspects of virtual reality in a concise form
- Provides theoretical background for all sensing and feedback modalities of virtual reality systems (including kinematics and dynamics of virtual environments)
- Theoretical and practical aspects are illustrated with more than 170 detailed figures explaining basic principles
Part of the book series: Intelligent SystemsControl and Automation: Science and Engineering (ISCAvolume 68)
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As virtual reality expands from the imaginary worlds of science fiction and pervades every corner of everyday lifeit is becoming increasingly important for students and professionals alike to understand the diverse aspects of this technology. This book aims to provide a comprehensive guide to the theoretical and practical elements of virtual realityfrom the mathematical and technological foundations of virtual worlds to the human factors and the applications that enrich our lives: in the fields of medicineentertainmenteducation and others.
After providing a brief introduction to the topicthe book describes the kinematic and dynamic mathematical models of virtual worlds. It explores the many ways a computer can track and interpret human movementthen progresses through the modalities that make up a virtual world: visualacoustic and haptic. It explores the interaction between the actual and virtual environmentsas well as design principles of the latter. The book closes with an examination of different applicationsfocusing on augmented reality as a special case. Though the content is primarily VR-relatedit is also relevant for many other fields.
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“Virtual Reality Technology and Applications is a fascinating book about virtual reality. It includes both primary and professional information for understanding current technologies and trends for creating VR environments. … This book is a good primer for learning about practical and theoretical aspects of virtual reality. … I highly recommend this book if you are beginning a VR career or need to learn about VR.” (Jeff Thurston3dvisworld.comApril2014)
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Matjaz Mihelj graduated from the Faculty of Electrical EngineeringUniversity of LjubljanaSlovenia in 1996. In October 1997 he became a research staff member and in October 1998 a teaching assistant for robotic courses in the Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering and Robotics at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Ljubljana. He received M.Sc. and D.Sc. degrees in biomedical engineering from the Faculty of Electrical EngineeringUniversity of Ljubljana in 1999 and 2002respectively. For his diploma thesis he was awarded by the Slovenian Ministry of Science and Technology and ISKRA Holding with the Bedjani award. In 2001 he was a visiting researcher at Tohoku UniversitySendaiJapan. From May 2005 till April 2006 he spent one year as a visiting researcher at the Automatic Control Laboratory of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich). The research on the rehabilitation robotics performed at ETH Zurich was awarded with the Swiss Technology Award. Since 2009 he has been affiliated as an associate professor. He gives fifth year control system lectures on the man/machine interaction topic with the main focus on multimodal systems based on haptic devices. His current research interests are in man/machine interactionhaptic interfaces as well as modeling and control of biological systems with the main focus on restoration of lost functions in people with disabilities. Dr. Mihelj is a member of IFMBE and IFESS. Janez Podobnik received the B.Sc. and D.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of LjubljanaSlovenia in 2004 and 2009respectively. He was born in 1980 in LjubljanaSlovenia. He attended Faculty of Electrical EngineeringUniversity of LjubljanaSloveniawhere he obtained the B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering in 2004. His B.Sc. thesis covered stability of haptic interface. He received a Ph.D. degree from the Faculty of Electrical EngineeringUniversity of Ljubljana in 2009. He is currently a teaching assistant in the Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering and Roboticsat the same faculty. His research interests include various applications of haptic interface.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Virtual Reality Technology and Applications
Authors: Matjaž MiheljDomen NovakSamo Beguš
Series Title: Intelligent SystemsControl and Automation: Science and Engineering
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6910-6
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: EngineeringEngineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-6909-0Published: 16 September 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-024-0036-6Published: 27 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-6910-6Published: 03 September 2013
Series ISSN: 2213-8986
Series E-ISSN: 2213-8994
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X231
Number of Illustrations: 134 b/w illustrations35 illustrations in colour
Topics: Engineering Design Computer ImagingVisionPattern Recognition and Graphics Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet) Electrical Engineering